Hi5 CTO: Zynga Is Mediocre. It Just Discovered An Opening For Spam

I used to get Hi5 invite spam. Perhaps they're just bitter that Zynga is better at spamming.<p>Let's face it, all these "social" companies use default opt-in and "let's spam your address book" and other unethical "viral" features - simply because complaining geeks are shitty customers anyway (don't click ads, don't install "apps"), and average Joe doesn't get it and/or doesn't give a damn.

This article (written by St. John himself) goes into more detail of his thoughts on Zynga. <a href="http://www.industrygamers.com/news/facebook-games-from-zynga-are-parasitic-says-alex-st-john/" rel="nofollow">http://www.industrygamers.com/news/facebook-games-from-zynga...</a><p>I believe many of his assumptions of Facebook games are off, but my opinion is colored red as it were.

I can only hope someday I'm as mediocre as Zynga.

WildTangent was shady enough that I would have liked someone else to write this article. :)