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Tuesday, 26th August 2008

Gears for Safari Beta. “Chances are it will break your browser. Please proceed with caution.”

# 4:27 pm / beta, gears, google, safari

As duplicitous and sad as "fake following" sounds - and let's be honest: the whole idea's pathetic on a number of levels - for a certain kind of user, I can see why there’s a desire for this functionality. Especially on a site like FriendFeed, which has quickly become the platform of choice for the web's least interesting narcissists - and the slow-witted woodland creatures who enjoy grooming their fur - this is a major breakthrough in the makebelieve friendship space. Yes, primate culture may be primitive, but it is not without its evolving needs.

Merlin Mann

# 10:28 pm / fakefollowing, friendfeed, funny, merlinmann, slowwittedwoodlandcreatures