Comments on: Puzzled by Facebook

By: Digital Projectors

Digital Projectors — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:24:58 +0000

I have to agree with you. I've tried and tried, but Tweeting is the most pointless waste of time ever As if our attention spans aren't short enough already, now we can't even hold a normal conversation!

By: Raja

Raja — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:35:23 +0000

Hi
Irrespective of you or me think about face book,I it is growing rapidly.people are speniding more time on social networking sites than ever before.This has been used well by many social networking sites like facbook,orkut etc.There are many new competitors coming every now an then.

By: Mark C

Mark C — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:06:36 +0000

100% agree with this. It is a private village green – to keep up to date and interact with family and old friends. I now have a closer relationship with my cousins all around the world – I wouldn;t have ever gone to teh trouble of phoning them but now i can swap photso, birthday and Xmas updates etc. It moves at a slower pace than twitter – I don;t want to know what my family/friends do every hour – just every week or month is OK and FB failitates that.

By: faiz4n

faiz4n — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:58:20 +0000

Hey Mark,

I loved the way you described Facebook's appeasement policy. "Redesigning the redesign!".. haha! thats exactly what they do!

I've included it in my blogpost about FB.

Cheers!

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Dictating the future of communication with Facebook « — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:13:22 +0000

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By: Landover

Landover — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:45:16 +0000

I'm with Laurinda. I use it because everyone else is on it. By "use it" I don't mean that I'm there everyday or that I even log in once a month...UNLESS something in my email reminds me that I need to check it. I have actually gotten tired of all of that stuff. First it was Myspace and now it's Facebook. What will it be tomorrow? Landover Baptist Church Landover Baptist Church

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:58:55 +0000

Wanted to comment in specific about the outcry that came as a result of the Facebook changes that occurred recently.

I find the outcry to be rather fascinating, an examining the reaction of the masses could almost be some kind of psychological study.

What I take from it in general, is two things:

1. People hate change
2. The fact that FB users had such a strong reaction when Facebook “disrupted” their browsing experience, truly shows how ingrained it has become in their lives

Item #2 — I think what Mark fails to realize is that some people are addicted to Facebook. It has become part of their lives. For many it is their first choice for communication over the internet (why use email when you can use FB?), their primary resource for planning events, the only place to view photos, a place to play games (poker, anyone?) etc. etc. etc.

Item #1 — I work in IT and am aware of the concept of a “change resistor”. This term probably describes at least 75% of users. It is the person who hates change, and complains because they were used to the “old way” of doing things, despite the fact that the new system is a million times better. This is the same person who – after getting used to the new system – agrees that it is superior and then complains again when another change is done! The same concept can be applied when FB makes a change. Hundreds of people complain for all of two days, then once they get used to it, go back to their FB-browsing ways without a peep.

Conclusion: I think Facebook is here to stay. It has absolutely become an essential part of many people’s lives.

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By: Laurinda

Laurinda — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:18:43 +0000

I use facebook simply because my whole damn family is on it. Its like making one phone call that reaches the masses. Easy to upload pics of the kids, talk about personal things that only family and friends care about. Its fast, its easy, and it reaches my cousin in Vancouver and my aunt in Richmond Hill.

The key thing here is that its personal. The conversation here is between those I care about. Not the world at large. Therefore, I avoid any work / professional friends. I’m sure my boss would love to see my 4 yr old covered in cake.. Or the trip my boyfriend and I took… So for professional friends… there is LinkedIn.

I’m thankful to facebook for being the one stop shop for all my personal conversations.

By: sash r

sash r — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:38:46 +0000

To be harsh, Mark Z will go down in history as one of the biggest idiots there ever was in business. Facebook at it’s height valued at 15+ Billion USD with no revenue model. Offers were flying behind the scenes, and they took 200M from Gates & Co.

Myspace and YouTube both sold at enormous amounts and are still not revenue generators. But they SOLD at the right time.

Mark continues to play and play with monetary models new UI’s and is trying to re-capture the hay day of two years ago.

I am sorry, but if someone offers your billions of dollars of a dorm room experiment you take it, run with it, invest in other things.

Bit of a rant, but the guys a moron.

By: Farhan Thawar

Farhan Thawar — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:56:47 +0000

There are two things going on here. One is that you don’t get what people are SAYING about Facebook, not what people are DOING. Always value what people do vs. what they say. I don’t care much about the feedback people leave on a website unless it’s backed up by usage data.

#2 is, you don’t have to understand it. Heck, I don’t understand why people ever pay with INTERAC when they can use a credit card, get rewards and 0% interest for 26 days, but INTERAC is a billion dollar business.