Ouch, that's supposed to be animated and it's supposed to be crisp. I guess you must have uploaded it to Facebook before posting it here. That's what I'm getting at--how do artists, who normally obsess about fine details of self-presentation, allow someone to make those decisions for them? Let's say I hate that jpeg of my animation (I do) and wanted to delete it from Facebook. I can't--it stays on their server. I gave them all my content in my license agreement. (And yes, once it's on the Web it's beyond my control but here we're talking about a self-inflicted failed promotion.)
I'm glad if Facebook got the art world out of its top down model but it seems to be "transparency lite" with a heavy cost. All my friends who are on it say "yeah it's creepy but it's also addictive and, well, you can't not be on it at this point" and "it's brave of you in a tinfoil hat kind of way not to be in there but frankly I don't know how anyone can not be on it."
I appreciate that I could use it in a guerrilla sort of way but I would rather bide my time until it becomes so intolerable that key people start to leave.
As for GIFs "harkening back to message board avatar identities." thanks a lot, man. There are other uses for the file type--but not on Facebook. They are a foreclosed avenue of expression.
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I'm glad if Facebook got the art world out of its top down model but it seems to be "transparency lite" with a heavy cost. All my friends who are on it say "yeah it's creepy but it's also addictive and, well, you can't not be on it at this point" and "it's brave of you in a tinfoil hat kind of way not to be in there but frankly I don't know how anyone can not be on it."
I appreciate that I could use it in a guerrilla sort of way but I would rather bide my time until it becomes so intolerable that key people start to leave.
As for GIFs "harkening back to message board avatar identities." thanks a lot, man. There are other uses for the file type--but not on Facebook. They are a foreclosed avenue of expression.
- tom moody 9-30-2010 4:38 pm