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Farmville, Social Gaming, and Addiction
MarkN writes "Facebook has been trumpeting the fact that Farmville, the most popular game on its site, has more users than Twitter, with 69 million playing over a month and 26 million playing each day. Combined with Facebook's announcement that they have hit 350 million users, that means one out of every five people on Facebook is playing Farmville. Gamasutra has a post taking a critical analysis of Farmville, its deceptively slow level grind, how a number of gameplay features end up as simply decorative since they aren't balanced with the benefits of raising crops, and discussing why Farmville succeeds so well in virally spreading itself and addicting people."
Something I overheard: "Can I grow weed on Farmvile and sell it on Mafia Wars?"
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I've had a website design customer start playing it on their laptop during a website consultation! I think that game messes with people's heads. Also, and I'm just reporting this as is without comment, a guy at my brother's work who happens to be african american plays it and 100% of his crops are cotton. Now how would that even happen? Lol. It just seems like something a normal, sane person wouldn't do :P
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Facebook will ruin your life.
A few months ago I signed up on Facebook, just for the heck of it. Then I noticed that there were a lot of people I went to High School with on there. Pretty soon I was gettng friend request from them. One day I got a friend request from an old girlfriend who I hadn't seen since graduating. My only memory of her was when she was 17 -- cute with big titties. And then I looked at her current picture.
She has not aged well.
My fantasies are ruined.
He just needs an excuse to explain why he is friends with so few people
Life is rarely fair. Cherish the moments when there is a right answer.
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Kind of begs the question "who is farming and for what?"
Please proceed immediately to the next thread, as the effects of prolonged exposure to this question has not been investigated. *fzzt* As an optional test protocol, we are pleased to present an amusing fact. The personal data is now more valuable than the organs and combined incomes of everyone in your hometown.
#fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
Except, most "nerds" wouldn't be caught dead playing this game.
I have a friend who is a well-known cryptographer. He is a tenured professor at the best university in his home country (it's also the best-known university in his home country; the two aren't always the same). Some of his work has become part of important international standards. I have used applications built on his work, and depending on how nerdy you are and what kind of work you do, you might have used some too. His work has won awards and has been recognized by his peers at major academic conferences on cryptography. Whether or not you have heard of him, you have almost certainly heard of some of his collaborators in other countries, even if you aren't a cryptography nerd. If that's not enough "nerd cred" for ya, he is also a fluent speaker of five languages, can get by really well in a sixth, can imitate different accents in at least one of his non-native languages, and has some knowledge of two other real languages plus Klingon.
And because I was sick to death of seeing his FarmVille updates and my sister's Mafia Wars updates, I finally learned how to block updates from those two applications just today.
"It is nice to know that the computer understands the problem. But I would like to understand it too." --Eugene Wigner
You finally figured out how to block the updates? You mean you found the highly obscure "hide" button that appears on the update? Hopefully you aren't a tenured professor anywhere.
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it sounds like you're dissing small talk rather than dissing facebook as a medium for small talk.
Ah, thats not a real diss, try these:
My old quote: "facebook is a workflow automation system for relationships between stereotypical middle school girls"
My new quote: "facebook is a computer optimized maximal shallowness solution to impress people you don't care about".
Now, which one is more accurate, and/or offensive?
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
And, then there is FarmTown, almost the exact same game. That's the annoying bit about Facebook apps, everyone one has at least two or three near duplicates.
Call me Ms Grumpypants, but my ideal man is not someone whose idea of a fulfilling life is playing some stupid first-person shooter game.
I make a reasonable middle-class wage by going to work and not spamming blogs with scams.
>>Call me Mr Grumpy Pants, but my ideal woman is not someone whose idea of a fulfilling life is playing some stupid flash game.
My wonderful wife is downstairs playing Harvest Moon on the Wii.
She's not only beautiful, but this also gives me time to play Dragon Age.
O M G ! You two need to hook up!
Your ideal woman probably is a flash game.
Get thee away with your heteronormativity.
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