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Under the everyday notion of forcing someone to do something, Facebook is not forcing people to friend others. The definition I cited was for illustration. Sin
by jamesrcole 8y ago
Under the everyday notion of forcing someone to do something, Facebook is not forcing people to friend others.
The definition I cited was for illustration. Since when does backing up you point with a definition mean you're being slavishly robotic?
Since you're trying to imply my usage of the term is narrow and unrealistic, what's the different notion of "forcing" someone to do something that would make it true that Facebook is forcing people to friend others that they otherwise wouldn't want to?
- danso 8y agoI can't read the commenter's state of mind, but the word "forced" seems to be used colloquially/artfully, to portray what they personally and subjectively experience with Facebook, and not meant necessarily as an objective description of Facebook's feature/UI/UX. From a Facebook designer's point of view, the UI/UX most surely is intended to be "encouraging". But it may also be the case that for some users, the social dynamic may feel particularly oppressive.
- EliRivers 8y ago"trying to imply"? Hardly! I'm explicitly stating.