Interesting interview with Stanford professor BJ Fogg on the psychology of social networking.

Okay - 'I'm a stranger and afraid in a world I never made....' But while touting the way Facebook may indeed be changing the world of communications, the article ignores the potential dangers of this type of medium. If 'information' spreads so quickly and so widely, then 'disinformation' or 'propaganda' obviously can go the same route. This is troubling.

This article was a very informative deep synthesis of why there is so much research to be done into the psychology of Facebook. BJ Fogg explains his point with eloquence yet without resorting to too much jargon. Many who think of Facebook as a childish waste of time or something confined to certain demographics will get an eye opener on how Facebook is actually a new communication medium with far reaching influence on how humans behave in one-on-one and one-on-many interactions.

I'm a big fan of BJ's work, but I wished that this story would have some more depth or at least some facts. The claim that facebook is the biggest thing ever seems like hyperbole without evidence.

Good article, but Facebook isn't the greatest thing ever. I think the drawback of those Facebook classes is that they tend to blow up people's egos and narrow their vision. Personally I think Myspace is better, at least there is Myspace TV to help random people getting famous on the internet.