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>"“You would much rather hear a message from your friend than hear a message from a brand,”" Not sure I believe this. I guess it depends on the context of fri

>"“You would much rather hear a message from your friend than hear a message from a brand,”" Not sure I believe this. I guess it depends on the context of friend. Sure, maybe if one of my best friends has something to recommend, I'll listen to what he has to say. But chances are it's going to happen in person. If he has a cool shirt? I'll see him wearing it. If he has a new car he loves? I'll go for a drive with him. And if he tries to give me advice on something I know he's clueless about, I'll ignore him. However, what do I care if a "friend" on Facebook exclaims that they've been using some new product, and they love it? If I don't know this person well enough to speak with them in real life, their opinion is nearly worthless to me. I think I'd rather just listen to the branding.

acdha 14y ago
Agreed but it also depends on circumstances: I've moved around enough that there are people whose opinions I trust that I rarely see in person. Similarly when traveling, I have some acquaintances whose Yelp recommendations are valuable and some I'd give negative weight to because I know our tastes differ – and if I'm in a big metro area for business I'm likely not to meet in person (traffic, schedules, school nights, etc.)
pasbesoin 14y ago
One kind hearted but kind of ditzy friend "likes" everything under the sun. Result, I see a promotion for HP ink jet cartridges because she likes HP. Both obvious promotion/manipulation, and utterly meaningless to me and, I suspect, all of her other friends. Fail. I took a screenshot with the intent of mailing it to her and saying/explaining, 'See, this is what all you quasi-random liking gets you, and your friends.' I suspect that once she sees it in "black and white" (more than one pun I could start to appy, here), that will be the end of that. If not, people are probably going to start turning down the "dial" on her stream of posts.
- minikomi 14y ago
  Sounds like there's a need for a meta-like system which would then allow you to give more or less weight to a friend's tastes.

acdha 14y ago

Agreed but it also depends on circumstances: I've moved around enough that there are people whose opinions I trust that I rarely see in person. Similarly when traveling, I have some acquaintances whose Yelp recommendations are valuable and some I'd give negative weight to because I know our tastes differ – and if I'm in a big metro area for business I'm likely not to meet in person (traffic, schedules, school nights, etc.)

pasbesoin 14y ago

One kind hearted but kind of ditzy friend "likes" everything under the sun. Result, I see a promotion for HP ink jet cartridges because she likes HP. Both obvious promotion/manipulation, and utterly meaningless to me and, I suspect, all of her other friends. Fail. I took a screenshot with the intent of mailing it to her and saying/explaining, 'See, this is what all you quasi-random liking gets you, and your friends.' I suspect that once she sees it in "black and white" (more than one pun I could start to appy, here), that will be the end of that. If not, people are probably going to start turning down the "dial" on her stream of posts.

minikomi 14y ago
Sounds like there's a need for a meta-like system which would then allow you to give more or less weight to a friend's tastes.