Since it’s launch, Facebook Demetricator has received a considerable amount of press: from mainstream media, new media art sites, writeups from other artists, and more. I’ve listed the best of the bunch below.
Facebook Demetricator in the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times: Facebook Demetricator may be a solution to your ‘likes’ addiction
Creative Applications Network: Facebook Demetricator—The Unquantified Self
FastCoDesign: A Browser Plug-In That Strips All The Numbers From Facebook
The Verge: Demetricator … removes ‘like’ and friend counts from your Facebook page
Gizmodo: Using Facebook Without Numbers Is Like Growing Up Without Peer Pressure
Corriere della Sera [Italy]: Il Facebook Demetricator per liberarsi dalla schiavitù dei like
Cyborgology: What Would Facebook Be Like Without Quantification?
Rookie: Saturday Links
Grand Text Auto: Statistics Outta My Face
Rhizome: Don’t Give Me the Numbers—an interview With Ben Grosser …
abler: the facebook demetricator: un-count your likes
Quantified Self: Living Without Numbers
NBCNEWS.com: Facebook Demetricator Eliminates Popularity Contest
Betabeat: There’s now a Facebook for Unpopular People
digital|arti [France]: Ben Grosser fights against Facebook metrics
PandoDaily: Facebook for losers is now a thing
O’Reilly Radar: Four Short Links
HP / De Tijd [Netherlands]: De like-cultuur heeft ons in zijn greep
Radio Canada: La Revue du web
Update or Die! [Brazil]: Dezoito Pessoas Curtiram Isso
Lifehacker: The Facebook Demetricator Removes the Numbers From Facebook…
Blog du Modérateur [France]: Demetricator: Supprimer Tous Les Chiffres Sur Facebook
HackADay: Hacking Facebook to remove the social value facade
The Creators Project: Facebook, But Without The Numbers
Futurebiz [Germany]: Facebook ohne soziale Signale—Facebook Demetricator
Tecmundo [Brazil]: Extensão para Facebook elimina as contagens da rede social
News-Gazette: Quality over Quantity
Xplace [Italy]: Demetricator: estensione browser intelligent che “nasconde” …
Metafilter: It’s numbers all the way down…OR IS IT
NBC Today Show Blog: Want Facebook without the popularity contest?