"naysayers are just hipsters wanting to hate on something popular"I "hate" Facebook since 2007, when a small forum I was part of and liked a lot decided to "move to facebook", where it died a really quick and really pointless death.
It got worse and more idiotic since then, and these days I "hate" facebook for leaving poop trails everywhere else, too (i.e. sites that only allow facebook to sign up, "like this" buttons everywhere, that sort of crap). If Facebook, its users and those who prey on them would refrain from shoving it into my face 10 times a day, maybe I would feel accordingly. For example, I never "hated" AOL, it was just something stupid that people do in private. Facebook, not so much. It's like I normally wouldn't comment on the size and shape of someone's penis, but if they keep rubbing it into my face, I get kinda bitey.
"what other free service does that?"
What other free service doesn't? There are a million things that would work the same way, if people used them. Starting with email, IM, and all the fascinating things one can install on webservers.
See, that's exactly what I mean. The existance and use of facebook leads to me having to read crap like this, "what other free service does that?". That does hurt my brain, so I sometimes snarl. That people who don't make the cut come up with rationalizations for that is kind of expected.