This is a follow-up to “An Open Letter to Facebook”.
Although my open letter to Facebook took about 30 minutes to write, I still considered it to be one of the best pieces I have written so far. In the letter, there were several elements that went into it:
- I embrace diversity, although that means needing to cater to more needs.
- EE 312 (Introduction to Programming) talked about users’ requirements. I put in a small bit of that just to apply a little of what I learned.
- I abhor people who try to quash innovation. I did indeed give it a fair trial, hence my understanding of the feature. Additionally, I know people who like this feature; and I perfectly respect that. Therefore, the ability to opt-out is the perfect compromise. As many philosophers believe, happiness comes from living well, living well is living rationally, and living rationally is selecting a means between extremes.
- Good work needs to be recognized.
- One of the innovations I have been actively watching and using is the concept of open-source software. One of the things I like about it is how transparent it is — anybody can go in and inspect the code that makes it tick. In a Facebook profile, I put that analogy in there. A profile makes a person more transparent and people could obtain more knowledge.
- Groups were being formed and joined like wildfire, which made the situation very urgent. To make this letter more representative of the community, I emphasized that urgency.
Throughout last year, my writings were not so great because of a lack of elaboration and support. So, while I was writing that piece, I constantly told myself to elaborate; and when I made any point, I made myself back it up with something. I hope that all my writings for school will be like this.
With everything said, I would like to congratulate those who bore pens (or keyboards) to protest this change and never lost your cool. We got that solved in record time, and we can now update our Facebooks in peace! Now, I’d like to see the ability to hide, show, and rearrange the blocks however you please in the profile.
Whew! I am so tired from the things I have done this week!
