New Networks Target Discomfort With Facebook

Facebook grows, so does the number of disgruntled users.

Right now, more than any other company, Facebook defines social networking. It has more than half a billion users and it's still growing. Recently, it even eclipsed that other hot Silicon Valley giant, Google, to become the most visited site on the Web.

It's hard to argue with that kind of success. But Finn Brunton, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University specializing in digital technology, has a different perspective.