This was obvious for while, sadly. There was a point when I was exited about the potential but it all became pretty ridiculous and Elizabeth Bernstein makes the case in the WSJ – How Facebook Ruins Friendships:
“Like many people, I’m experiencing Facebook Fatigue. I’m tired of loved ones—you know who you are—who claim they are too busy to pick up the phone, or even write a decent email, yet spend hours on social-media sites, uploading photos of their children or parties, forwarding inane quizzes, posting quirky, sometimes nonsensical one-liners or tweeting their latest whereabouts. (“Anyone know a good restaurant in Berlin?”)”
UPDATE: NYT – Facebook Exodus.
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