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Introducing Graph Search

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Re: Introducing Graph Search

#2

Post by DannyBee »

I guess i don't get why I should care.

I either have to unfriend people to get it to give me stuff i care about (since it appears to have no way to explain i don't give a shit what my grandma thinks about sushi in palo alto), or it's giving me answers that don't seem better.

I understand they needed to improve their site/internal search, and this looks great for that. But it just doesn't seem like that big a deal to me. What am i missing?

Re: Introducing Graph Search

#4

Post by nkwiatek »

DannyBee wrote: post #2

I guess i don't get why I should care. I either have to unfriend people to get it to give me stuff i care about (since it appears to have no way to explain i don't give a shit what my grandma thinks about sushi in palo alto), or it's giving me answers that don't seem better. I understand they needed to improve their site/internal search, and this looks great for that. But it just doesn't seem like that big a deal to…

"People who live in Palo Alto who like Sushi who aren't my Grandma"

It's the future

Re: Introducing Graph Search

#5

Post by brown9-2 »

DannyBee wrote: post #2

I guess i don't get why I should care. I either have to unfriend people to get it to give me stuff i care about (since it appears to have no way to explain i don't give a shit what my grandma thinks about sushi in palo alto), or it's giving me answers that don't seem better. I understand they needed to improve their site/internal search, and this looks great for that. But it just doesn't seem like that big a deal to…

This doesn't appear to be live yet. How are you trying out these searches?

Re: Introducing Graph Search

#6

Post by DannyBee »

nkwiatek wrote: post #4
DannyBee wrote: post #2

I guess i don't get why I should care. I either have to unfriend people to get it to give me stuff i care about (since it appears to have no way to explain i don't give a shit what my grandma thinks about sushi in palo alto), or it's giving me answers that don't seem better. I understand they needed to improve their site/internal search, and this looks great for that. But it just doesn't seem like that big a deal to…

"People who live in Palo Alto who like Sushi who aren't my Grandma " It's the future

ITYM "People who live in Palo Alto who like Sushi who aren't my Grandma or my one friend bob who has horrible taste or oh crap that one guy fred who i accidentally friended or ..."

I don't know anyone who has a very clean social graph that they can formulate sane preference queries about.

Re: Introducing Graph Search

#8

Post by DannyBee »

brown9-2 wrote: post #5
DannyBee wrote: post #2

I guess i don't get why I should care. I either have to unfriend people to get it to give me stuff i care about (since it appears to have no way to explain i don't give a shit what my grandma thinks about sushi in palo alto), or it's giving me answers that don't seem better. I understand they needed to improve their site/internal search, and this looks great for that. But it just doesn't seem like that big a deal to…

This doesn't appear to be live yet. How are you trying out these searches?

I'm watching the demo.

Re: Introducing Graph Search

#9

Post by chetan51 »

DannyBee wrote: post #2

I guess i don't get why I should care. I either have to unfriend people to get it to give me stuff i care about (since it appears to have no way to explain i don't give a shit what my grandma thinks about sushi in palo alto), or it's giving me answers that don't seem better. I understand they needed to improve their site/internal search, and this looks great for that. But it just doesn't seem like that big a deal to…

Well for one, it seems like a great way to browse Facebook content using natural language, rather that mouse clicks and page surfing. I like the idea of saying "give me pictures that I like taken in my hometown with my brother", rather than clicking through a bunch of filters.

I for one welcome any new natural language interface that can replace and improve on click interactions.

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