I agree that the asymmetry of Circles is a cognitive issue. Facebook groups actually work more like "Places"[1], which I think is a lot more intuitive, but I do

I agree that the asymmetry of Circles is a cognitive issue. Facebook groups actually work more like "Places"[1], which I think is a lot more intuitive, but I don't think FB makes the metaphor clear enough to leverage that intuitiveness. I also don't think FB takes the issue seriously enough. [1]: (I wrote more about this on my blog: http://blog.byjoemoon.com/post/7072771434/a-new-metaphor-for-social-networking http://blog.byjoemoon.com/post/7072771434/a-new-metaphor-for...)