Facebook rejects

America cannot get enough of a good thing … something is deemed decent and immediately everyone piles on top of it, until it’s diluted and tastes less like the original and more like water. Kind of like what Ben was saying about Red Sox Nation, or something. You dig? Anyway, apparently Makamaka, or Google’s social network, is actually called “OpenSocial” (and no one called me out on it, tsk tsk). If that was the poorman’s Facebook, then Yahoo!’s version is the … homeless man’s Facebook?

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Valleywag provided a pretty good summary, so I’ll send you to them. Until then, enjoy the above cartoon from Toothpaste for Dinner. I’ve always loved that site.

Maka-Maka, wocka wocka, I’m confused?

Google’s apparently vying for a spot in your soul, too. Or maybe it just wants what’s left of your soul after Facebook ? the post-Facebook sloppy seconds. Nice.

Maka-maka (or makamaka, which is a name from manga, another life-stealer) will be launched in early November, and will pretty much be the poorman’s Facebook, with similar applications until someone comes up with something new.

As if Google doesn’t have enough control. It’s the original brand-name verb! “I’ll Google it!” came before “I’ll Facebook him!” lest we forget. Oh well. If you’ll excuse me, I’m just gonna go upload some new pictures of myself from my Macbook’s webcam onto Facebook. Any comments can be forwarded to my g-chat. PEACE!

Moneybook.com: One blogger says, “Mark, call me!”

fb prof I never wanted to marry Mark Zuckerberg for his money, I was always strictly interested in the power. But Facebook, his baby and one I wouldn’t mind treating like my own, is now worth oh, 10 to 15 billion dollars. Give or take. Anyway, I don’t know why he’s even selling 5% of the company to Microsoft. I guess to pay off that Harvard education, eh? Am I right?

Best thing about that page … scroll down to user sample032’s comment about how much our souls are worth. Niiiiice.