Facebook Trends
on 11.14.07, 06:14am in weblog • Comments (5)
I’ve noticed two trends lately with regards to Facebook:More status updates are being done through the Facebook Twitter application.
Except for a few games of Scrabulous, the only interesting thing for me on Facebook is the ability to quickly see the status of the people in my ‘network’. And now that my Scrabble playing has slowed down to almost nothing (since Michael has an abnormally large brain and kills me every game), the average amount of time that I spend on Facebook is probably under 30 seconds for a quick status check.
This is where Twitter comes in.
Although I can be tracked here, I never really jumped onto the Twitter bandwagon, but its interesting to see people using it as a “update my status in multiple places” solution. Perhaps this is just because Facebook’s API to update status requires extended permissions or they want to update status via SMS, IM, etc.
People keep sending me Facebook mail rather than traditional email.
Please stop that. It’s really annoying to get an email that notifies me that there is an email someplace else. Just send me normal email.
Michael (November 14, 2007 @ 8:22 am)
Ohh, let’s make a Facebook app to add comments to Furrygoat posts. Then you can get mail that there’s a Facebook notification that there’s a new comment on your blog!
Tommy Williams (November 14, 2007 @ 12:25 pm)
There are a lot of people, though, that have completely abandoned their personal email accounts in favor of communication through Facebook since their personal accounts have become so riddled with spam that they can no longer use them. Look at Dare Obasanjo as a prominent example of this.
You’re probably in the minority of people that would prefer to get regular mail rather than Facebook mail.
But I’m with you: I would rather get normal mail than Facebook mail since I can read it, reply to it, and manage it with a dedicated email client rather than the limited Web interface on Facebook.
David Bennett (November 14, 2007 @ 12:27 pm)
I like the way facebook aggregates things and shows what other people have been doing. One thing it doesn’t do though, it handle this with groups. SO you have no idea which groups were updated, which ones have new posts or what the new members are very easily. Seems to be an odd hole in the process, it makes the personal communication easier but the group based stuff seems to be better on a lot of other apps.
stacyp (November 14, 2007 @ 3:02 pm)
hey there…hmmm…I’m sure you didn’t mean it to, but this came across as kinda harsh. Dang…I’m just happy if anybody emails me, regardless of within facebook or normal mail. I am having alot of fun in Facebook, though, and kinda like when someone emails me in there. But perhaps I am in the minority. Sorry to have bugged you with my emails to you within Facebook, now I understand why your responses were so curt.
Randy (November 17, 2007 @ 9:44 am)
I can’t believe that you use Facebook.
I can’t believe that you even wasted your time setting up a Twitter account.
News flash -> people still use e-mail; and its usage is growing!
News flash -> weird people still use instant messenger!
News flash -> the social is a fad!