2010 could very well be the year Facebook lays down its head as a proper social networking website and becomes an empty shell on which people scroll down their news feeds and become fans of every single fanpage or group they see. It's true, as well, and a likely possibility. Ever since Facebook introduced the layout prior to the latest iteration, fanpages have taken off and Facebook's servers are probably stuffed full of the pointless things by now.
Originally, this particular aspect of the social networking website was intended for use by businesses wishing to bring their products to the attention of the thousands and millions of daily users who log on to connect with friends and family. All that has gone out of the window. Facebook now relies on a tedious framework of bored people who have nothing better to do than simply sit there becoming fans of random pages they truly have no interest in or making pages of their own.
This practice has become so common there are even lines of fanpages which sort of link up with one another and are related to a same aim, purpose or subject, with the intention of seeing which one will gain the most fans. Facebook has kind of generated several memes in a matter of weeks. I also recognize the familiar pattern of people making fanpages they think people will join, posting a link, and then getting about 100, before giving up completely and leaving the page untouched.
Even as I write this the memes I mentioned above are still burning strong and as a result a select few users think it'd be cool to create their own group to add to the meme, also related to the main centralized point on which the meme rests. I can provide plenty of examples. What I'm worried about is how Facebook is dealing with the mass influx of server space all this junk must require, and will the social networking website be crippled by such fanpages as these:
CAN THIS SAUSAGE ROLL GET MORE FANS THAN CHERYL COLE?
Tesco brings all the mums to the yard, they're like, 'Do you have a clubcard?'
My Umbro brings all the chavs to the yard, they're like, I'm so hard.
My razors bring all the emos to the yard, they're like, I'm gonna self harm.
My pasties bring the Cornish to the yard, they're like, oooh arrr.
I LOL'D WHEN I SAW THIS CAT.
Becoming a fan.
Becoming a fan of becoming a fan.
Becoming a fan of becoming a fan of becoming a fan.
Becoming a fan of becoming a fan of becoming a fan of becoming a fan.
I CAN'T BELIEVE LADY GAGA USED TO LOOK LIKE THIS.
There also seems to be a lot of pages which make it mandatory for a user to become a fan and invite friends before properly viewing the purpose of the group. Any security expert will tell you that this could easily lead to a large viral attack across the whole of Facebook. I would try to warn all of my friends and try to send out messages as a forewarning to these groups. But every time I attempt to alert people of cybernetic dangers I get laughed at.
The same people subsequently get viral infections on their system and then ask me for help...
Facebook needs to sort it out and make some sort of system so that pointless pages such as these are not allowed anymore. Unless of course they really think they'll be able to manage the increasing server space requirements needed by endless waves of fanpage production lest their entire site crash and burn. Can you possibly imagine the worldwide disaster which would ensure if such a catastrophic event occurred?
I'd ask Facebook to work out a system via which pointless and insecure, spam-like fanpages are filtered out from being accepted as publishable. Unless of course a clever hardware engineer over in their headquarters builds a massive server to deal with the huge amount of space that will soon be required if such groups continue to pop up like a rash on the Internet. What if Facebook actually died because of overloading...?
Please feel free to leave your comments below regarding this issue.
2 comments:
i totally agree. its gotten mad crazy
YoBit lets you to claim FREE COINS from over 100 distinct crypto-currencies, you complete a captcha once and claim as much as coins you want from the available offers.
After you make about 20-30 claims, you complete the captcha and proceed to claiming.
You can click CLAIM as many times as 50 times per one captcha.
The coins will stored in your account, and you can convert them to Bitcoins or USD.
Post a Comment