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Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by willidiots »

muppetman wrote: post #52

I'm amazed I'm the only one it seems that things this is pretty lame and not going to be that popular. People _already know_ your life story, that's usually why their your (at least close) friends. Do you really want to see your workmates "life story"? For those that think this is genuinely going to be a good and popular thing, could you explain why? You probably all know much better than me, so I am interested to he…

I think this is more geared towards the narcissist in all of us. You read your own timeline, not your workmates'.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by Pheter »

muppetman wrote: post #52

I'm amazed I'm the only one it seems that things this is pretty lame and not going to be that popular. People _already know_ your life story, that's usually why their your (at least close) friends. Do you really want to see your workmates "life story"? For those that think this is genuinely going to be a good and popular thing, could you explain why? You probably all know much better than me, so I am interested to he…

I often receive friend requests from people who I have recently met through work, going out, friends of friends, etc.

It seems like it would be a good way for these people who know a little bit about me to quickly learn a little more about me.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by kwamenum86 »

I've heard a lot of people on HN call Facebook a toy, which at some point was probably a fair criticism. This is the first thing I've seen from Facebook in a long time that truly feels like important and worthwhile work.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by pp13 »

ryansloan wrote: post #2

Looks like a digital, semi-automated scrapbook. From my understanding, it's not an overhaul of the profile, but another view of your online identity. If they pull it off it could be pretty cool.

It pretty much is a digital scrapbook. I think allot of FB users will like it. I personally don't see a need for it though.

However I can see the people who currently use scrapbooks and are on fb, really use it on fb.

As a business decision, I think it's a good one. It will keep some of their customers engaged. I am curious to which demographic will really like the feature.

I am banking that fb thinks that the "popular" users will really use it. By "popular" I mean user(s) in any fb graph, that have the most profile views from other users in that same graph. The users that in a fb graph, people want to keep up with the most.

Those users I think don't necessarily have to be early adopters. They are just popular.

FB as business to grow just has

1.) Maintain Users 2.) Have Current Users use the site more and create more content on it

That is probably why we are seeing more and more features to keep users engaged.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by agioe »

keiferski wrote: post #3

Whatever happened to just "being a utility"? All of these new features really don't line up with Zuckerberg's vision of Facebook.* *At least my impression of his vision, given that he often describes Facebook as a utility. Edit: sorry, what did I say that was so offensive? In every single interview I've seen with Zuckerberg, he talks about Facebook being a utility. How does adding various features (like the timeline)…

Not sure why this is downvoted, it's a valid point. It has become less of a utility. Facebook messaging is akin to AOL e-mail. Let me access my data and interact with my friends in a Google-way of efficient minimalism please.

Re: Facebook Timeline

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Post by Pheter »

It will be interesting if/how this affects Facebook as a platform for apps.

Apps appear to be more visible in this design, as well as having more of a purpose. Perhaps part of the motivation of this design was to encourage developers to make use of the Facebook platform.

It may be a good opportunity for web apps to make their users more public about their choice of apps. While apps can currently publish to a user's wall, I prevent this from happening because it seems spammy and pointless, but I wouldn't have an issue with an app having a dedicated space on my profile where it displays specific information.

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