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Facebook is a Bug Permalink.

On the eve of the highly anticipated IPO of the social networking site, I too must weigh in on it's value. (everyone else seems to have an opinion, so why not, right?)

The internet is not just "the web". I've been around the net since the Gopher days. It was very much a network back then, and much more evident than today's flash ridden, banner infested UI.

A picture named squashedBug.jpgThis network was designed to be decentralized. Anything that breaks or even attempts to centralize it is seen by the network as a bug.

Bugs eventually get squashed.

So too will Facebook, twitter and any other 'blockage' of the decentralized nature of the net.

If centralization and control of it's users truly was possible, then we'd already be paying an internet tax.

And that's what FB is attempting to do here, tax usage of the network by reselling you to the highest bidder.

The last big bug we saw was AOL. Once the 'safe gateway' to the internet, now relegated to a digital xerox machine run by Arianna Huffington.

Bug Squashed

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NA-409-2012-05-17 Permalink.

No Agenda Show for Thursday May 17th 2012

Head Lag

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Head Lag

Executive Producers: Sir Robert Goshko, Philip Meason

Associate Executive Producers: Dame Janice Kang, Sir Dirk Madrow

Become a member of the 410 Club, support the show here Permalink.

Knighthoods: Dame Goshko

Art By: Thijs Brouwers

ShowNotes Archive of links and Assets (clips etc) 409.nashownotes.com

Fanscribed Transcription: 409.readnoagenda.com (Pitch in!)

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The No Agenda News Network- noagendanewsnetwork.com Permalink.

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