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Hey! Help me out? - New Facebook application - give it a try if you have a spare few minutes and feedback very welcome.

4 points by britman 19y ago

sharpshoot 19y ago
at least tell us what it is
britman 19y ago
Sorry,good point Let me explain It's a little tool to help you leverage the knowledge of your friendship network on Facebook. Post questions and people in your facebook group can "help you out" by offering answers. Likewise you can return the favour to your friends by answering their questions.
dawie 19y ago
"Ask a Question" is already a facebook app
- britman 19y ago
  Yes it is and that's a fair observation, however I do think there is room in facebook for more than 1 of that type of application, and you see this in every category of software. I was kinda hoping I would get some constructive feedback rather than just statements of what apps already exist!
  - dawie 19y ago
    Sorry the negative feedback. I will have a look and let you know.
    - britman 19y ago
      Thanks - appreciate you taking the time.
tx 19y ago
Why limit your audience only to Facebook users? If you like that approach (believer that "Facebook Platform" is the internet of the future) you could have gone wild and re-implemented proven web businesses for Facebook platform only: clones of ebay, paypal, or do a search on NASDAQ, pick a company and do the same.
- britman 19y ago
  Well it is a fair point. 2 main drivers for me doing it this way are: 1. Learn to build on the facebook platform because I'm a geek and want to see how things work and are engineered. 2. Create an application that has a use for me. I have no expectations of this applicaiton apart from learning how the facebook application eco system works and hopefully offering an application that will be of use to my friends and a few other facebook users. I'm sure others with more time and resources will do what you describe and it will be interesting to see if they bring about a viable business with them.
shawndrost 19y ago
Hey there, -The box that friends see in my profile should include a way for them to answer my questions. Right now, it only includes a question, which is a link to the application. -News feed: the feed announcement that reads "Shawn asks Hey! Help me out? 3:33pm" should really include the question I asked. -As a user, I don't really know what questions I might ask that would be better asked here than over email. Some example questions (displayed when I'm at the "ask a question" form) that show why your app is better than email would really help. Good luck! edit: formatting
- britman 19y ago
  Great feedback it's appreciated and I'll look at integrating it. On the news feed part, I did int8ially have the question included however there is a limit on the number of chars you can add so if the question was long it would not get added. hence why I went for the standard text.
  - shawndrost 19y ago
    simple solution: write what you can of the question, then include ellipses. A "xxx has asked Hey! Help me out?" entry in a news feed does not clearly indicate that xxx asked a question that he wants his friends to answer. "xxx wants you to answer his question: 'blah blah blah...'" is vastly better, imho

4 points by britman 19y ago

at least tell us what it is

Sorry,good point Let me explain It's a little tool to help you leverage the knowledge of your friendship network on Facebook. Post questions and people in your facebook group can "help you out" by offering answers. Likewise you can return the favour to your friends by answering their questions.

dawie 19y ago

"Ask a Question" is already a facebook app

britman 19y ago
Yes it is and that's a fair observation, however I do think there is room in facebook for more than 1 of that type of application, and you see this in every category of software. I was kinda hoping I would get some constructive feedback rather than just statements of what apps already exist!
- dawie 19y ago
  Sorry the negative feedback. I will have a look and let you know.
  - britman 19y ago
    Thanks - appreciate you taking the time.

tx 19y ago

Why limit your audience only to Facebook users? If you like that approach (believer that "Facebook Platform" is the internet of the future) you could have gone wild and re-implemented proven web businesses for Facebook platform only: clones of ebay, paypal, or do a search on NASDAQ, pick a company and do the same.

britman 19y ago
Well it is a fair point. 2 main drivers for me doing it this way are: 1. Learn to build on the facebook platform because I'm a geek and want to see how things work and are engineered. 2. Create an application that has a use for me. I have no expectations of this applicaiton apart from learning how the facebook application eco system works and hopefully offering an application that will be of use to my friends and a few other facebook users. I'm sure others with more time and resources will do what you describe and it will be interesting to see if they bring about a viable business with them.

shawndrost 19y ago

Hey there, -The box that friends see in my profile should include a way for them to answer my questions. Right now, it only includes a question, which is a link to the application. -News feed: the feed announcement that reads "Shawn asks Hey! Help me out? 3:33pm" should really include the question I asked. -As a user, I don't really know what questions I might ask that would be better asked here than over email. Some example questions (displayed when I'm at the "ask a question" form) that show why your app is better than email would really help. Good luck! edit: formatting

britman 19y ago
Great feedback it's appreciated and I'll look at integrating it. On the news feed part, I did int8ially have the question included however there is a limit on the number of chars you can add so if the question was long it would not get added. hence why I went for the standard text.
- shawndrost 19y ago
  simple solution: write what you can of the question, then include ellipses. A "xxx has asked Hey! Help me out?" entry in a news feed does not clearly indicate that xxx asked a question that he wants his friends to answer. "xxx wants you to answer his question: 'blah blah blah...'" is vastly better, imho