To Serve Man

I never really got involved with video games because I knew I wouldn't rest until I found the princess (for those old enough to remember the original Mario games), and I don't have that kind of time.  It's the same with Facebook, as I don't have time to relate the inane details of my inane life, nor do I have time to read the same about others.  But there's something else about Facebook, even beyond the distaste for that company's founder (though not the concept's founder, apparently).  It just seems like a Twilight Zone episode- or perhaps Southpark- or come to think of it a million shows and movies where some social phenomenon explodes onto the scene with epic popularity, all the while with some hidden and nefarious agenda. ( "Mr. Chambers, don't get on that ship! The rest of the book To Serve Man, it's... it's a cookbook!")  It seems innocuous enough, and connecting people seems so noble a cause.  But beyond the obvious criticisms around privacy (and they've been quite duplicitous in this area) and security- and with so many people in the world, there are just too many bad people being cyberbullies, stalkers, trollers, and aggressive marketers.  But maybe this bad company will be obsolete soon, a victim of their own popularity.  Now dominated by middle-aged women searching for long-ago boyfriends (and being disappointed with what they find) and then resigning themselves to posting pictures of their kids, the cool factor is definitely gone.  You'll know Facebook is completely dead if MicroSoft acquires it.