trying to sort out why fb sucks so much

I am trying to sort out for myself what is wrong with facebook. fb is very much like a whole bunch of blogs linked together.

but one problem is that it creates a false sense of security for people so that they have an instinctive tendency to trust people on facebook. more so than if it was some random blogger. and more so than a stranger on the street.

as people become more aware of the types of scams run on them online, they become somewhat less trusting and naive even without having to be the victim of malicious or criminal intent. but facebook circumvents those natural instincts of caution by creating the illusion of a community.

many people have friends who they barely know or even do not know at all. and yet they will post details about when they are out of town, or when they are home alone. it's not safe.

facebook started out in the relatively secluded world of the ivy league college. expanded to other campuses.

but by simultaneously trying to build a worldwide community, referring to networks and neighborhoods and friends and actively discouraging people from using avatars or other protective devices, facebook is an active participant in the process of weakening people's instinctive defenses and making people vulnerable to both cyber crime and real world crime, to both cyber abuse and real world abuse.