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[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:00:58 -0500, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:

> It's not so much "everything trendy" that I have a problem with as:
>
> - Blind embracement of trends.

Nobody is blindly embracing twitter.  It's an effective tool for  
announcing improvements for D -- one that many D users use (judging by the  
number of followers).

I personally dislike facebook (no offense Andrei), because I hate the  
whole idea of having thousands of "friends".  I have friends, they are  
real, and I know I can trust them.  That girl I went on a date with once  
in high school but never talked to since graduation is not my "friend".   
And if one of these people sent me a farmville message I'd want to lash  
them with my mouse.

But my wife is on Facebook, and she has a lot of my real friends as faux  
friends (as I like to call them).  I find myself often learning news about  
them through her, because she can see that information as soon as they  
post it.  I also (shamefully) use her account to look at pictures one of  
my real friends/family may have posted.  So like it or not, I still  
appreciate its ability to distribute information.

When we lost power for 4 1/2 days during hurricane Irene, our local police  
department's facebook page had the most up to date information -- they  
said where the electrical crews were working, and got info straight from  
the workers instead of through the corporate "we appreciate your patience,  
we'll let you know when you have power" web page.  It was actually quite  
awesome.

So even though I dislike the whole idea of facebook, I appreciate what it  
can do.  And if I had a company, I'd most certainly create a page for it.   
I feel roughly the same about twitter.

> - Ostracization and/or contempt towards anyone/anything that fails to
> blindly embrace all trends.

I hope you know that nobody is trying to ostracize anyone for not liking  
twitter.  Likewise, we don't want to ostracize anyone for *liking* twitter.

> - Certain specific trends.

LOL

-Steve