Do you agree that society can reduce an idea to a simplistic/trivial level?

Take a look at social-networks. Facebook or Myspace for that matter, but let’s concentrate on the former, because I’m more acquainted with it. When Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, he thought of it as a tool to keep friends/acuintances on campus in contact, to spread important news, to organize events.

What has happened was, when the general population was given the tool, many features were/are being exploited. Applications such as Meet New People, where the only information you get about one are the name, age and picutre or groups that tend to grow bigger and bigger for no reason. I understand petitioners trying to gather as much people as possible for their cause, yet I also believe that “MJ is dead” group having millions of joined people just won’t bring him back. Let’s not start on quizes. If it weren’t for Facebook I wouldn’t know what kind of a banana I am. So what? See the triviality. Give more feauters and get more exploitations.

On the other hand, take a look at Twitter. It’s philosophy is simple (not simplistic): post your current status in 170 characters. I do believe there are some minor exploitations, such as people constantly updating their status, for instance: I’m hungry | I think I’m gonna eat. | I’m going for a burrito. | I’m eating the burrito. | It was delicious. I want moar. But that’s as far as it goes. There is only one feature and it’s not nearly as much exploited as features Facebook offers.