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"Based on current smartphone technology, social networks can and should leverage location, time, frequency of interaction, and behavioral similarities." And th
by incongruity 13y ago
"Based on current smartphone technology, social networks can and should leverage location, time, frequency of interaction, and behavioral similarities."
And this sort of approach encourages a power-law distribution in who ends up in my feed and that's misguided.
The thing is, actually, I want to see the important updates from all of my friends on FB and the fluffy stuff from only my closest friends and family.
It's not just who, but what -- and yes, that's harder to algorithmically assess, for now, but that doesn't change that anything short of it isn't the big-win solution as the author proposes, IMHO.
- williamldennis 13y agoI definitely see the value in receiving these kinds of wide-reach-yet-important social updates. However, I think the opportunity (from both a business and user experience perspective) is for a true digital representation of your current real life social network.
- incongruity 13y agoExcept, I reject that there's a difference between my online life and my "real" life. You're thinking 20th century/pre-mostly always connected world. I care deeply about friends and family that I cannot see on a daily basis because of distance and time. That doesn't make those bonds any less real or important and it doesn't mean that online socialization (jokes aside) is any less meaningful than "real life" (there are, in fact, scholarly research publications that support this and I could find them, but honestly, it's been a long day). Moreover, frequency of interaction doesn't always reflect strength of social bond. I have friends I would kill for who I talk to once a month or less, simply due to schedule, new parenthood, etc. I think that's certainly the case for many adults.