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May 4, 2003

F(r)iendster

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Posted by Clay Shirky

Odd, astonishing rant by "TerboTed" about his Friendster addiction. The bit that caught my eye, as I'm obsessed with the relationship between rules and social feeling, was his reaction when Friendster changed the rules on him:
But the thing that killed me, that was a deal breaker, was that they took away my ability to post images in realtime without admin review. I had this realtime reality show on a network with my friends and I lost my priviledges.

This moment, when a community first restricts the individual freedoms of the users in the name of the group, this moment fascinates me, but even if it doesn't fascinate you, this rant is worth a read.

Via the incomparable Boing Boing

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