I think the new front page is completely brilliant. I'm less certain about the profile page. These two pages are the heart and soul of facebook. The homepage is more people-centric than ever, and highly engaging and actionable. The profile page, however, seems to wrested some individual expression from the user, and that is worth them complaining about. Self-expression is a powerful need in a social network, and it's what catpulted MySpace into the seat of power in the first place.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:10 AM, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sorry, but the cynicism is quite startling here. Can't it just > be as simple as 'ambient intimacy'? It's a different model than > Twitter or Plurk, but it really feels the same to me. > > Further, it is feature rich in a very approachable way for people > like grandmas and uncles without the creepiness that many feel about > twitter. My wife refuses for that reason, but Facebook is fine (to me > it is creepier). > > Further with the application layer, it is also so much more: > 1. games > 2. politics > 3. information gathering through the social network (i.e. I have a > subway status application) > 4. Event management > 5. Photo & link sharing > 6. Blogging > > It is all there and for those with deep social networks there > (they've reached their critical mass) it totally makes sense. > > Now someone brought up the permanent issue. Can it move? OF COURSE! > the teens left AOL for MySpace in a heartbeat and college students > for Facebook. Many are leaving Yahoo Groups and Google Groups for > facebook now. Can someone else come in and be a google to facebook's > alta vista? SURE! And I HOPE SO. > > -- dave > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33019 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
