This comment appears to be orthogonal to the discussion, which is rooted in a comment that says aggressive auto-follow (EAFP) is likely to outperform asking permission (LBYL).

Facebook is not an LBYL company, nor is Google, and Facebook and Google are crushing the social space.

What may be the case is that normal people are in fact delighted by the EAFP approach, and that the opinions of nerds are irrelevant.