We always have the option of “removing a friend” so you can no longer be contacted by the FaceSpammer, which forces a harsh two-way disconnection which could lead to long-term costs in the “real” world.
But what if you were in the shoes of an entrepreneur, a musician or aspiring polician? Social networking sites provide an incredible opportunity to develop one’s dreams and aspirations. And it’s so easy to forget that the real power of organic/viral marketing lies in the spread of your reputation (what Seth Godin calls a “purple cow”, something remarkable). The saying “all press is good press” is outdated, back from the era of broadcast TV.
The brilliance of Facebook is that they have created a marketplace in which there is competition of application-development, content-generation, network-building and so on. Optimistically, someone in this market will develop an application to fix the problem of unwanted content that you’re describing. Facebook’s ultimate vision is to be THE online platform for thin-client mobile hardware devices which run only a web browser [1], and only time will tell whether it will stick.
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