Some more commentry on the Facebook login fiasco here, here, and here.
I offer two alternate hypotheses on the conventional wisdom that these people are all just terminally confused.
These people really can’t login to Facebook. Because they’ve forgotten their passwords, or had their Facebook accounts whipped from beneath them by phishers; they don’t actually think that RRW is Facebook. They’re just hoping that there’s someone there—or reading—sufficiently connected to help them with their grevious plight.
Seriously, this must be a hoax. Are we sure that 4chan aren’t behind this? There’s some ongoing scam to write asinine comments on any webpage you can find in google containing the words: Facebook login. It’s the only plausible explanation.
In general, I do tend to agree with Gruber’s take on this. It’s a fascinating glimpse into how little people understand the technology they use and indeed how difficult it is to understand it.
