August1991 Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Bell created physical infrastructure. Facebook is a flash in a pan. Both created connections between people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 4 hours ago, August1991 said: Facebook is a flash in a pan. The market cap of Bell AND Telus together is about $50B, and Facebook overall is $500B. 4 hours ago, August1991 said: Both created connections between people. Media are built on other media. The telephone was built on, and wiped away the telegraph. Facebook was built on web technology, which wiped away the old uses of the internet. People used to chat on websites like this exclusively, and now they mostly do it on Facebook. There are apps than run on Facebook as a platform. Like the city of Troy, Auguste, technology builds upon the ruins of the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 On 4/12/2018 at 6:19 AM, Michael Hardner said: .... Facebook was built on web technology, which wiped away the old uses of the internet..... Huh? How do you connect to the "web"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted April 14, 2018 Report Share Posted April 14, 2018 1 hour ago, August1991 said: Huh? How do you connect to the "web"? via the internet. Just like the telephone was build on telegraph wires. New media consume old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 On 4/13/2018 at 8:19 PM, August1991 said: Huh? How do you connect to the "web"? Dead wrong August, you miss the point: ===== Facebook (sort of) is about people (who are) looking at the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 1 hour ago, August1991 said: Facebook (sort of) is about people (who are) looking at the screen. Which is... everyone really. And you (right now). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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