The Problem with Facebook's 'Places'
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  By Paul Robert Lloyd
  <https://v2.paulrobertlloyd.com/2010/08/facebook_places>
  Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Garrett Murray:

  > It's not that Facebook's Places feature is bad, it's just that it's boring. It's nothing special. They didn't do it better than anyone else.
  >
  > That's the problem with Facebook. They are slowly destroying independent web applications with boring versions that immediately win due to Facebook's population. There's no demand for excellence.