7 ms·

I've been surprised that Facebook never did anything like Google+ Circles. People in your family don't need to see everything that your coworkers see, and your

I've been surprised that Facebook never did anything like Google+ Circles. People in your family don't need to see everything that your coworkers see, and your coworkers don't have to see who you are dating. If Facebook had circles, I'd share more. The fact that they don't makes me believe that either there's a patent in place, or Facebook has an ideological position. Something like "we're making the world better by making more connections and interactions transparent." If that's the case it's both sad and doomed to failure as "context collapse" shows.

rimunroe 11y ago
Facebook's "Circles" are called "Lists", and UX aside, I think Facebook's Lists are a lot better than Google+'s Circles. I actually got a chance to talk with some Google+ folks at an event while the beta was still going on, and asked why I couldn't say "share this post with all the people in my 'friends' Circle but not with anyone in my 'coworkers' Circle", which is something Facebook's lists allow you to do quite easily. Their response was that this wasn't a feature they wanted to add because it didn't serve most people's use cases.