Christian, you say you hate FB UI and like Google+ one. What UI aspects do you hate in FB?
Is Facebook becoming the next MySpace?
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Re: Is Facebook becoming the next MySpace?
#62Well this guy clearly has questionable sense. Myspace absolutely had a use. It just wasn't generic/clean enough for a mass audience. And as for his criticisms about Facebook. I personally have never experienced any of them. Meanwhile the only 'mess' I see around is the Google+ feed. It's nothing but a geeky, low-brow clone of Reddit.
I don't think you understand how their feed works. It's based on who you choose to follow.
Re: Is Facebook becoming the next MySpace?
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Nobody wants to go back through that process on an upstart network. Nobody has the energy or motivation. I disagree. Firstly, you make it sound as if filling out some information about yourself (don't we do that all the time anyways?), posting some pictures, and updating your status is some overwhelming endeavor. For those of us old enough to have started on myspace and switched to facebook, it really was pretty se…
> Firstly, you make it sound as if filling out some information about yourself (don't we do that all the time anyways?), posting some pictures, and updating your status is some overwhelming endeavor. But that's not what makes a social network. User profiles have existed since the beginning of the internet. A social network is a place to see and be seen. But this requires people--the more the better (usually). Faceboo…
Actually, they don't do that [attention whoring] just fine. They've actually severely diminished that experience with the new system that limits the exposure your updates get unless you buy a $7 promotion. This scheme is a disaster ... yes, charge Pages for it, but not regular individual users.
Re: Is Facebook becoming the next MySpace?
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Firstly, you make it sound as if filling out some information about yourself (don't we do that all the time anyways?), posting some pictures, and updating your status is some overwhelming endeavor. But that's not what makes a social network. User profiles have existed since the beginning of the internet. A social network is a place to see and be seen. But this requires people--the more the better (usually). Faceboo…
Actually, they don't do that [attention whoring] just fine. They've actually severely diminished that experience with the new system that limits the exposure your updates get unless you buy a $7 promotion. This scheme is a disaster ... yes, charge Pages for it, but not regular individual users.
Why is it a disaster? As long as there is no feedback on how little exposure one's posts get, I don't see a downside to facebook with this. Being flooded with bad/uninteresting content was a real problem. Filtering one's stream was an important usability addition.
Re: Is Facebook becoming the next MySpace?
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually, they don't do that [attention whoring] just fine. They've actually severely diminished that experience with the new system that limits the exposure your updates get unless you buy a $7 promotion. This scheme is a disaster ... yes, charge Pages for it, but not regular individual users.
Why is it a disaster? As long as there is no feedback on how little exposure one's posts get, I don't see a downside to facebook with this. Being flooded with bad/uninteresting content was a real problem. Filtering one's stream was an important usability addition.
when you have to fall back to charging for relevant content, I think it's fair to say that your model is broken.
Re: Is Facebook becoming the next MySpace?
#66This comment caught my eye: "...I have learned that most content inside of Facebook is real crap. 'Ouch, I broke my toe' is one of the more interesting posts." This and other anecdotal evidence suggests Facebook is slowly turning into an online public square -- a place where it's in one's best interest never to do, say, or share anything private of real significance, because sooner or later the whole town will find o…
That stuck out to me as well. It's true. I think most are very aware of the non-privacy of Facebook, and act accordingly. There is a value in more personal communication, however, I don't think an ad-based social network can deliver it.
But we've had personal communication for ages now. That's email, IMs, Skype, etc. I wonder how many users just use Facebook for the sake of private messaging by now because the topics that fuel conversations between friends are often of private nature. Things not everyone has to know. I think that kind of defeats the purpose of a social network though.
Re: Is Facebook becoming the next MySpace?
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