Posts Tagged ‘facebook’
one million strong for Facebook sucking! »
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Three times already, I’ve been encouraged to enable the new “Timeline” feature on Facebook. I won’t, but I know enough about it that I’m sure it’ll totally set some people off.
With each redesign (can we call them that?) of Facebook, there’s outrage, but why? We use their product, it’s not our Facebook. It’s our speck of collected statuses in a vast, vast, vast wasteland of other collected statuses.
We’ve changed the definition of “ownership” in the digital space, haven’t we? We use Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr to share our thoughts, sure, but then those thoughts aren’t really ours anymore, right? (more…)
a rehashing of SFO (get it?)* »
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
First, let me address the absurd stereotypes I brought up last week. Gold nuggets are surprisingly hard to come by, land sharks are oddly docile and I forgot to mention Facebook. (The rest are dead on.)
On with it. The city is gorgeous, weather while we were there was stunning and we packed in a ton of stuff. So you don’t get bored, go to the usual place and view the snaps. For the rest of you, here’s a quick breakdown:
- California Academy of Sciences
- Napa Valley (including Peju and other mediocre tastings)
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Piers, a ton of them (What’s with all the coastal towns and all the piers? right?)
- Medjool, Little Baobab, Double Dutch, Oyagi, etc.
- Cable Cars
- Haight Street Festival
- de Young Art Museum
- Baker Beach
It was great fun and a nice reprieve from the day-to-day stress of… well… sitting around trying to find something to do? Thanks to Leah, our host, who doesn’t read this.
The highlight, for me, was attending a Facebook-sponsored event. Just don’t get that sort of stuff around here. Next stop, North Carolina? NYC? Poverty? Stay tuned for all the dicey details.
* If you didn’t get it, not to worry. This is quite possibly the most ambiguous and pathetic attempt at a marijuana reference ever recorded on the interweb. Still, no apologies.
i’ve already forgotten the little people… »
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Today, just after a delightful lunch with Girlfriend at Pizza Lucé, I found out a photo of mine was selected for an online travel guide I’ve never heard of. With that, my fame exploded and I’m now too cool for school. (That I haven’t been in school for three years matters little.)
As one of only a few dozen snaps that feature the Sydney Opera House, I will soon be hired by National Geographic (TinkTrace? A word of recommendation?) or its ilk for dozens of global photo shoots. It’ll be difficult to keep up with this lowly web offering as I’m featured in tabloids and any of the thousands of not-watched E! specials.
I know. I know.
For that I’m sorry. I know you all pine for my wit and candor and assorted other complimentary descriptors but I can’t be bothered to document my fame. It’s going to be far too stressful.
When it’s all faded and I’m desperate for any small ounce of recognition, I’ll message you on Facebook or @ you on Twitter. Until then, this is a fond farewell.
Of course, by all that, I mean I’m finally adjusting to the wonders of government-funded retirement and will likely get back to semi-regular posting next week. Oh… but my snap being selected is real though… so there’s that.
why the FB rework means nothing »
Thursday, March 19th, 2009
First, let me bring focus to a bold few, Ben, @KatLikeWrites, Alauna, Jenski and TinkTrace (longtime friend of the Chasm staff) all weighed in. The rest of you were probably busy being inattentive friends, disgruntled coworkers or panhandlers. (All worthy distractions.)
Check the post for their full comments but here’s a paraphrase:
There’s distaste for the new look. Partly because no one really cares what everyone thinks and to have it front-center is useless. At least Jenski cares about the elderly. Ben aims aesthetic, noting the lack of hierarchy. He likes the “What’s on your mind” call for a status update and wants more filters. (There’s more but he got a little wordy.)
After their failed acquisition bid Twitter, Facebook made a twit-esque homepage. Except they failed miserably. There’s a difference betwixt the two: FB is information sharing and Twt is conversation. FB’s attempt to combine them outright is terrible.
Theoretically it’s useful. It provides another conduit for tossing nauseatingly-specific ads at users. It makes easier the sharing of pointless. It even responds to the imaginary “Twitter threat.” Then the whole thing crumbles.
All of these ideas are lost on a smattering of “uhh” that sparks headaches and causes toddlers to realize shame (conceptually). All elements look the same (wall post, status update, photo upload, etc.). Everything is important, making everything unimportant.
This may be more in line with their clean coal-esque business model (whatever that is) but this is a terrible way to go about adhering to it. With all their venture-money, where’s the designer?
S/he would (or should) have asked, where’s the white space? Where do you let the eye rest? Where should it jump to? What’s important on this page? How will users use the page and site? Can we fix the stroke on our rounded boxes?
I’ve seen a gigantic upturn in the number of status updates in the last week. This isn’t necessarily good. The quality therein hasn’t increased; most are just reacting to having such a prominent text-input box.
From past changes and those (handsome, beautiful readers) that commented, the change will soon be tolerated. When will people start to ask more of FB? When will they say, “sure, this works, but I know I could do better?”
I hope soon. If this is any indication of what the most popular social network has on offer, our slow moving train has stopped indefinitely.
Think FB2.5 is the bees knees? Think I’m wrong calling FB an innovation-free, Microsoft-esque dinosaur company? Let me know.
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your thoughts: FB overhaul »
Monday, March 16th, 2009
CrunchBase
That’s right. I’m trying something different. I’m asking you for your thoughts instead of dousing you with mine. Take a quick second and leave your short answers below or @- me on Twitter.
What do you think of the new look of Facebook? Please provide your reasons for feeling as you do and be as brief or verbose as you see fit. (Who has that kind of time, though, right?)
Note: I’ll be relaying my feelings later this week. Also, for those replying via twt, I’ll copy your comments into this post for review later.
@katlikewrites: It’s bogus. As a first-generation FB user (summer 04). However, my mom did call me last night ranting about needing a FB tutorial.