Everything old is new again.
Back in `05, the facebook would let you search for people by interest, or age, or sex. Can't imagine why they stopped that.
Introducing Graph Search
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Re: Introducing Graph Search
#252Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly, I consider myself extremely introverted, and I do all those things to avoid talking to people, but I kind of wish I didn't. I actually like random people talking to me about random things.
Maybe you're not really that introvert, only a little shy? (yes, I think there's a difference :)
I don't think being an introvert means you don't like talking to people.
Re: Introducing Graph Search
#253problems: 1. it treats data from all friends (presumably) equally. Presumably in real life you weigh opinions of different friends differently. 2. search can only take place on information that your friends are willing to share publicly (or at least with all their "friends"). Presumably in real life opinions you get from people you know will be way different if they know it is a private exchange. 3. isn't this all a…
Good points.
With number 3, if you just ask your friends, there's no chance for advertisers to get involved in that transaction. Facebook is a business where the things you express to friends and family are the currency with which you pay for the service.
"Free and always will be" is a lie when factoring in your personal views, information, recommendations, and content are the currency used.
You can always leave FB, but you'll be losing connections you depend on for emotional and social reasons. Facebook knows this, that's why they have you by the balls.
As an outsider, I'm seeing a new wave of business-reliance on FB which will mean the FB logo spreading to every shop, ad, website etc. From the local bakery to bike shop, "Find us on Facebook" posters clumsily displayed in big fat graphics. More than ever, I'm not interested in joining.
This new business-reliance will alienate those who joined to connect with people.
Future generations hopefully won't tolerate such a blatant sellout of personal connections, a stupid hi-jacking of the word "like" - which once belonged to people who liked things.
Marketing and search engines don't belong as an invisible force underlying your communications with close friends or family. That is so wrong it's poisonous.
Zuckerberg said it best: "dumb f--ks".
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#254Earlier quoted context omitted.
> People don't like being bothered by strangers People love being bothered by strangers. Just try it. Make any half-funny observation about the world around you to a random stranger in the line, at the hairdresser... just not when they're actively doing something. Weather the surprise, repeat what you said if necessary, allow them to come up with a response. If they don't, follow through yourself. At first it seems l…
You know, there's a difference between 'introverts' and 'extraverts'; those people who stand around and feel awkward if no one is saying anything? You know? The ones who want to talk to you in elevators? Or just come and stand next your desk while you're trying to do work and talk? All socionormative, smile and handshake? Maybe you should watch this: http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.... Her…
There's no need to attack him because you assume that he's not empathetic to others or is incapable of reading body language.
I really hope this "introvert fad" slows down soon. There's no need to be so radical, there's a spectrum of personality types. It's not black and white. I identify as an introvert. Social situations exhaust me, so I enjoy them sparingly.
If someone makes a funny comment to me in the elevator, I'll laugh and it's okay. I don't rant to him about my being a recluse.
Re: Introducing Graph Search
#255Oh so they finally noticed Quora and Google+. Good on them. Interest based social networks will replace the hodge podge of specialty forums using anonymous names you see all over the web.
I'm really not sure about that...
There are lots of forums (guns, cars, gambling, I.T. security, ...) where people are very careful about what they post.
I think, on the contrary, that with all that push by FaceBook and G+ to try to reduce your anonimity more and more we'll see more and more specialized forum putting an emphasis on anonimity.
I even believe there's a wide open door for a pseudonymous social network. One where people really know each other (you can only add if you know the person in real life) but where it is specifically forbidden to use any real name.
Re: Introducing Graph Search
#256This is an important step for Facebook and I'm surprised no one has really mentioned it (all ~50 comments so far are about the graph search). The big thing here isn't graph search, or the fancy searching per se. The big thing here is this: > "and meet new people, too." This is huge. Huge! Facebook from the start was envisioned as a sort-of dating platform but that part of it got swept under the rug real quick. Throug…
i seriously don't get it. myself and around me, people (early 30ies now) all use FB primarily to "stay in touch" with people that are not really close anymore. old colleagues from school, uni, whatever. co-workers? not so much, for that you have linkedin. so: 1., who exactly should i want to meet out of these people's connections? 2., as no one is using the like button, what exactly is it supposed to data mine? 3., w…
No one is using the like button?
I assume you mean "No one is clicking the like button", but of course they are, and even when you don't click the like button Facebook still knows exactly which page you saw it on, and that gives them plenty of information to mine..
Re: Introducing Graph Search
#257This is an important step for Facebook and I'm surprised no one has really mentioned it (all ~50 comments so far are about the graph search). The big thing here isn't graph search, or the fancy searching per se. The big thing here is this: > "and meet new people, too." This is huge. Huge! Facebook from the start was envisioned as a sort-of dating platform but that part of it got swept under the rug real quick. Throug…
First to replicate OKCupid's compatibility algorithm and automatically do it for Facebook profiles, throw it into a SoLoMo app, then charge $20 to hang out -- what the kids are calling it these days -- your top 5 compatible people and boom! You got a hit. Then watch it get copied. But it's okay, you'll get the last laugh in another few decades when having a Facebook profile is more powerful than having government iss…
I like this idea http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2013/01/16/bing-fund-adds-ma...
Re: Introducing Graph Search
#258This is an important step for Facebook and I'm surprised no one has really mentioned it (all ~50 comments so far are about the graph search). The big thing here isn't graph search, or the fancy searching per se. The big thing here is this: > "and meet new people, too." This is huge. Huge! Facebook from the start was envisioned as a sort-of dating platform but that part of it got swept under the rug real quick. Throug…
There's a huge problem with this.
For many people, it's creepy to "search out" and find you. Making an initial contact on the internet is a far bigger hurdle in a tight social network like facebook than it is in real life.
For myself, Facebook Groups have actually already done a great deal to put me in a setting with a bunch of new people that I can relate to... and I have made friends that way. From group projects, to school groups, to interest groups. You get to know each other surprisingly well.
Search requires initiative. Initiative is very uncool.
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#259Graph Search seems like strange branding to me. I almost didn't click the link because I thought "Graph Search" was a new API and not a user-facing product (to be fair, the context was a posting on HN so I was predisposed to think API). Graph Search's real focus appears to be on the use of natural language and the presentation of/interaction with data. The "Graph" is almost the least interesting about it.
I agree, this is a terrible name. Their executives don't go outside enough. "Graph Search" means precisely nothing to the average joe.
Re: Introducing Graph Search
#260This is pretty futuristic, it's SQL for non-techies that pulls from Facebook data. The most inquisitive, but not enough to be a programmer and deal with FQL and code, will find this really useful since they can finally make use of all the objects they've acted upon and entities they've acted with. It makes Facebook data actually... purposeful. The next step is still to match purpose with intent to make that money.
Our startup is very excited about this part, since we let people earn bounties based on the intelligent connections they can make between people they know and a business offering a particular service or deal. We are curious whether it will be open enough for us to suggest or run searches for an authenticated user to suggest who they should share a particular offer with.
That's a fantastic idea!