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Except the feature is already there? and it was there at in 2009, at least. We are not saying the same thing. He was worried Google+ would be trounced by Face
by parfe 15y ago
Except the feature is already there? and it was there at in 2009, at least. We are not saying the same thing. He was worried Google+ would be trounced by Facebook deploying a clone of circles, except the feature already existed. Facebook has circles but chose to bury the UI. Probably because 99% of people don't care. Like most people here didn't care enough to utilize Lists but somehow think Google Circles is the killer feature facebook doesn't have.
- bmelton 15y agoI suppose it's an argument of semantics at this point, so I'll let it go, but the one thing I would make amendment to is that Circles IS the UI, mostly. All Circles is is the UI and the integration, and honestly, while the integration is the technical aspect, it's the fact that the UI is what it is, and that it's up front and center that makes it noteworthy.
- scott_s 15y agoUsers take cues on how something should be used. Since lists are not central to how Facebook works, it's reasonable that many people don't use it. It's possible that Facebook made a conscious choice not to make it a central feature. They may want the standard behavior to be that everyone can see everything. Personally, I think of Facebook as a broadcast-to-everyone-I-know medium, and as a result, I don't say much on it.