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The answer was interesting though: there had to be social proof behind a place before it would be available to a larger audience. In other words, even if somebo

The answer was interesting though: there had to be social proof behind a place before it would be available to a larger audience. In other words, even if somebody maliciously added your apartment as a place to checkin, barely anybody would see it unless they were in your direct network of friends.

dotBen 16y ago
well, from what I heard the more popular a place is the more public it becomes to the point that it could be come 'totally public' if it reaches a threshold (no mention what they are, though). And as they were clear to state all the way through - this is about creating persistent stories that are permanently attached to a place page on FB - so presumably your home's place page becomes public. That concerns me about having private parties in private homes (pretty typical use case)
- ebun 16y ago
  "That concerns me about having private parties in private homes (pretty typical use case)" I'd be interested in finding out how they calculated popularity in this case. How many parties and how well-attended would they have to be in order to automatically make a home a public place?
  - c1sc0 16y ago
    Knowing Facebook, I'd expect something ridiculously low at first, then public outrage, then small adjustments until people actually swallow it.
- cmod 16y ago
  Perhaps the becoming 'totally public' of a place is contingent on the non-intersection of the sociality of some x number of checkins. I.e., if you have a party at you place but everyone who checks in is within 1-2 degrees of your social graph, then Facebook recognizes it's a well known place within a very local user subset. And doesn't make it public. Also — time could be a simple indicator. If a place (i.e., your house) suddenly has 100 checkins over one day only to have no serious checkin traffic again for weeks, then that wouldn't be a completely public location either.
  - dotBen 16y ago
    Could be... we don't know. The lack of transparency and the potential downside is concerning, no?
  - notahacker 16y ago
    Would you trust Facebook's algorithms for this? Facebook still tries to suggest I care about distant friends' Farmville updates.

dotBen 16y ago

well, from what I heard the more popular a place is the more public it becomes to the point that it could be come 'totally public' if it reaches a threshold (no mention what they are, though). And as they were clear to state all the way through - this is about creating persistent stories that are permanently attached to a place page on FB - so presumably your home's place page becomes public. That concerns me about having private parties in private homes (pretty typical use case)

ebun 16y ago
"That concerns me about having private parties in private homes (pretty typical use case)" I'd be interested in finding out how they calculated popularity in this case. How many parties and how well-attended would they have to be in order to automatically make a home a public place?
- c1sc0 16y ago
  Knowing Facebook, I'd expect something ridiculously low at first, then public outrage, then small adjustments until people actually swallow it.
cmod 16y ago
Perhaps the becoming 'totally public' of a place is contingent on the non-intersection of the sociality of some x number of checkins. I.e., if you have a party at you place but everyone who checks in is within 1-2 degrees of your social graph, then Facebook recognizes it's a well known place within a very local user subset. And doesn't make it public. Also — time could be a simple indicator. If a place (i.e., your house) suddenly has 100 checkins over one day only to have no serious checkin traffic again for weeks, then that wouldn't be a completely public location either.
- dotBen 16y ago
  Could be... we don't know. The lack of transparency and the potential downside is concerning, no?
- notahacker 16y ago
  Would you trust Facebook's algorithms for this? Facebook still tries to suggest I care about distant friends' Farmville updates.