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Seems like a lot of hype for a way to see what movies your friends like.

by jonknee 14y ago

macleanjr 14y ago
One of the use cases in the presentation that stood out to me was finding people you met at a party. Let's say your friend Chris introduced you to some girl named Stephanie, and all you really knew about her was that she went to Harvard... simply asking the graph search "Friends of Chris named Stephanie who went to Harvard" should give you a manageable list to sort through to friend them, rather than all 1 billion Facebook users.
- douglasisshiny 14y ago
  So you're saying stalking people on Facebook just became easier?
  - orta 14y ago
    No, I wanted to do this on the weekend, instead I looked through three people's friends list and didn't end up finding them. It took a while, with this it wouldn't take a while.
    - gmu3 14y ago
      "It took a while, with this it wouldn't take a while." I think that inherently qualifies as easier.
- codva 14y ago
  Facebook: We make you instantly findable by every person who has ever met you, and lots of people that haven't met you...yet.
- jonknee 14y ago
  Unless I have a connection with a lot of Stephanie's that went to Harvard, that should already be a quick search. Improved search is useful, but this was an incredibly hyped up event. Being able to find basic stuff from your friends should have been something you could do all along, I'm not seeing what the big deal is.
gfodor 14y ago
A nice disparaging comment of a years worth of work for a supposedly 100-person team but you have to at the very least acknowledge this is certainly in the realm of "hasn't been done before" and "no other company can do it." I expect this will turn out to be a big deal, though it will take time. People comparing it to Google are missing the point. It's the same fundamental hypothesis of a domain-specific semi-structured search engine like W|A, but I'm much more confident Facebook needs such a thing more than the world needs W|A.

Seems like a lot of hype for a way to see what movies your friends like.

by jonknee 14y ago

Seems like a lot of hype for a way to see what movies your friends like.

One of the use cases in the presentation that stood out to me was finding people you met at a party. Let's say your friend Chris introduced you to some girl named Stephanie, and all you really knew about her was that she went to Harvard... simply asking the graph search "Friends of Chris named Stephanie who went to Harvard" should give you a manageable list to sort through to friend them, rather than all 1 billion Facebook users.

douglasisshiny 14y ago
So you're saying stalking people on Facebook just became easier?
- orta 14y ago
  No, I wanted to do this on the weekend, instead I looked through three people's friends list and didn't end up finding them. It took a while, with this it wouldn't take a while.
  - gmu3 14y ago
    "It took a while, with this it wouldn't take a while." I think that inherently qualifies as easier.
codva 14y ago
Facebook: We make you instantly findable by every person who has ever met you, and lots of people that haven't met you...yet.
jonknee 14y ago
Unless I have a connection with a lot of Stephanie's that went to Harvard, that should already be a quick search. Improved search is useful, but this was an incredibly hyped up event. Being able to find basic stuff from your friends should have been something you could do all along, I'm not seeing what the big deal is.

gfodor 14y ago

A nice disparaging comment of a years worth of work for a supposedly 100-person team but you have to at the very least acknowledge this is certainly in the realm of "hasn't been done before" and "no other company can do it." I expect this will turn out to be a big deal, though it will take time. People comparing it to Google are missing the point. It's the same fundamental hypothesis of a domain-specific semi-structured search engine like W|A, but I'm much more confident Facebook needs such a thing more than the world needs W|A.