Facebook Groups Start Showing Exactly Who Saw Each Post
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Facebook Groups Start Showing Exactly Who Saw Each Post
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#2Well that sucks.
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#3Seeing something isn't the same as having read and digested it.
I used to have a boss who would send out emails and request read receipts and outlook would automatically send them as soon as I clicked on the item in my Inbox.
I would sometimes get a phone call within seconds of the email arriving asking for my thoughts on it.
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#4They've already been doing this in chat, I suppose this is a logical extension. That said, is it really necessary to see this or is it a step beyond what is necessary?
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#5Wow, this feature and the comment history feature(when editing a comment) make me uncomfortable. They might as well begin showing you who is seeing your profile and how much.
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#6Probably as a way to show visual "engagement" for companies that are on Facebook but don't get a lot of likes. Its more derivative crap. We can call them "seens".
And of course there the creep factor.
I'm having a hard time determining if Facebook is just terrible, low value, and creepy, or I'm just cynical about Facebook. Probably both.
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#7Personally, I think this stuff is great. It eliminates a lot of extra communication regarding whether someone has received a piece of information or not.
That said, I wonder at what point is a post considered "seen".
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#8They've already been doing this in chat, I suppose this is a logical extension. That said, is it really necessary to see this or is it a step beyond what is necessary?
They're probably running out of things to implement that people want, so are now trying to shoehorn things in that people probably don't want. Probably as a result of new-found shareholder pressure.
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#9In the group context, I think this makes a lot of sense. It is similar to Path (which is basically a "group" limited to my closest friend). For every post I make, it shows me which of my friends saw it, and that is convenient and cool.
I think this could work well for small groups of trusted friends (or shared interest groups). For large scale groups of strangers this could be creepy though. I definitely would hate to see it abused by larger brands, etc (or for this to be integrated into the main news feed for that matter)... which unfortunately at this point I can't say I trust Facebook enough to believe they wouldn't try to push it past that limit
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#10Wow, this feature and the comment history feature(when editing a comment) make me uncomfortable. They might as well begin showing you who is seeing your profile and how much.
I would wager that it was discussed in a meeting there at one time or another.