Argh. I really don’t like Zuckerberg

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This was in an article over at CNN: “Facebook calls this new social paradigm the “Open Graph,” and Zuckerberg called the shift “the most transformative thing we’ve ever done for the web.”" We’ve been talking about this “Social Graph” on the blogosphere for what I feel like is at least 3 years now. And now Zuckerberg decides to talk about it in a press conference and everybody is all over him for his GREAT idea. Oh, and Facebook added a “LIKE” button. Uhm.. you mean like the folks over at Digg and Stumbleupon did years ago? This whole shpeel that Zuckerberg went on about at his latest press conference is a guy just repeating what everyone else online has been talking about or doing for years, but because he’s an “icon” people NOT online are treating it like it’s fresh and new. Same thing as Steve and the iPad. Yes, it’s a cool device, yes, it is getting great reviews. But is honestly a large iPod Touch with a few new features, it is NOT a rocket car, or a transporter.

Sorry for this rant, but I really don’t like Zuckerberg. His assertions that Facebook is going to topple Google is just for the moment absurd. You have a social network. Yes, it is the most popular but let’s not trick ourselves into believing things that aren’t true. Google has a sound biz plan with the assumption that someone searching for a product type might actually want to buy it. Facebook? Just because I throw up a status update that “I loved my bike ride up Blue Mountain yesterday” does not mean that I’m in the mood to buy a new book. I just do NOT see how social networks are going to become the next Amazon, or hulu. Heck, I use Hootsuite and almost never even log in to Facebook to see

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