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I recall Zuckerberg commented on this. Same reason Facebook groups didn’t take off in a major way. Nobody wants to manage assigning people to groups. I also re

I recall Zuckerberg commented on this. Same reason Facebook groups didn’t take off in a major way. Nobody wants to manage assigning people to groups. I also remember this slide deck from some hip product guy who pitched circles.. 150 slide hot mess.[1] [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-presentation-that-inspired-google-2011-7 http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-presentation-that-i...

est 9y ago
> Nobody wants to manage assigning people to groups Instead we really should use NLP to automatically categorize contents. e.g. I wanna make my 50% for seriously thought-provoking articles, 20% for shitposts, 20% for news and 10% for memes.
- blowski 9y ago
  It’s a good idea that Facebook could let you control the algorithms, but set sensible defaults. But would that help Facebook’s bottom line?
shanghaiaway 9y ago
Facebook Groups are a different thing and they're huge now. I believe your thinking about lists or something like that.
- Leynos 9y ago
  Yes, the Facebook equivalent of a circle is a list. https://www.facebook.com/help/204604196335128/ https://www.facebook.com/help/204604196335128/
DenisM 9y ago
And yet we do it all the time when creating group messages.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  Those are transient - they exist in the scope and for the duration of a conversation. You don't have to pause while sharing something a week later and wonder "who am I sharing that with again? Will the new friend I added yesterday see this, or do I have to add them to something?".
- abalone 9y ago
  Apples/oranges.. usually there's only a few people in a messaging group.
dwaltrip 9y ago
Lately, I can't help but notice the vast number of ways social media is deficient compared to real life. In real life, you get "circles" for free! Whoever you are with in the current moment is your circle, and only they have access to what you "share" during that time period. There is some leaking through the grapevine, but we have an intution for that and usually handle it decently well. It's often even desired.
- harlanji 9y ago
  Did you finish high school before 2005ish? You may remember a time when 80% of the population didn’t have pizza neck, now it feels like it’s flipping. Since I lost 50lbs in 2013 (only carried for 2-3yr, BA food), there’s been much lifestyle reflection, been pretty unplugged since then. By all means use tech, but reflect on what it’s adding and conduct accordingly. Tech’s been my hobby and career forever; so much potential to empower, entertain, and aid in universe construction—of course the tool has two sides.
- lmm 9y ago
  > In real life, you get "circles" for free! Whoever you are with in the current moment is your circle, and only they have access to what you "share" during that time period. And the whole reason Facebook et al are popular is that in real life it's really hard to get all the people you want in the right "circles" (i.e. places) at the right times.
  - dwaltrip 9y ago
    Facebook doesn't have the circle feature. It's publish to everyone only. You can send a group message, which I suppose can sort of function like a circle, especially if it's long lived. But it would hard to manage many of those.
    - lmm 9y ago
      Actually you can create a circle (might be called a list?) and publish just to that circle. People just mostly don't bother, because managing circles is so much effort.

est 9y ago

> Nobody wants to manage assigning people to groups Instead we really should use NLP to automatically categorize contents. e.g. I wanna make my 50% for seriously thought-provoking articles, 20% for shitposts, 20% for news and 10% for memes.

blowski 9y ago
It’s a good idea that Facebook could let you control the algorithms, but set sensible defaults. But would that help Facebook’s bottom line?

shanghaiaway 9y ago

Facebook Groups are a different thing and they're huge now. I believe your thinking about lists or something like that.

Leynos 9y ago
Yes, the Facebook equivalent of a circle is a list. https://www.facebook.com/help/204604196335128/ https://www.facebook.com/help/204604196335128/

DenisM 9y ago

And yet we do it all the time when creating group messages.

TeMPOraL 9y ago
Those are transient - they exist in the scope and for the duration of a conversation. You don't have to pause while sharing something a week later and wonder "who am I sharing that with again? Will the new friend I added yesterday see this, or do I have to add them to something?".
abalone 9y ago
Apples/oranges.. usually there's only a few people in a messaging group.

dwaltrip 9y ago

Lately, I can't help but notice the vast number of ways social media is deficient compared to real life. In real life, you get "circles" for free! Whoever you are with in the current moment is your circle, and only they have access to what you "share" during that time period. There is some leaking through the grapevine, but we have an intution for that and usually handle it decently well. It's often even desired.

harlanji 9y ago
Did you finish high school before 2005ish? You may remember a time when 80% of the population didn’t have pizza neck, now it feels like it’s flipping. Since I lost 50lbs in 2013 (only carried for 2-3yr, BA food), there’s been much lifestyle reflection, been pretty unplugged since then. By all means use tech, but reflect on what it’s adding and conduct accordingly. Tech’s been my hobby and career forever; so much potential to empower, entertain, and aid in universe construction—of course the tool has two sides.
lmm 9y ago
> In real life, you get "circles" for free! Whoever you are with in the current moment is your circle, and only they have access to what you "share" during that time period. And the whole reason Facebook et al are popular is that in real life it's really hard to get all the people you want in the right "circles" (i.e. places) at the right times.
- dwaltrip 9y ago
  Facebook doesn't have the circle feature. It's publish to everyone only. You can send a group message, which I suppose can sort of function like a circle, especially if it's long lived. But it would hard to manage many of those.
  - lmm 9y ago
    Actually you can create a circle (might be called a list?) and publish just to that circle. People just mostly don't bother, because managing circles is so much effort.