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So let's talk about Facebook. Over the years the site and service has become bloated beyond belief. I think part of the reason people (especially younger audie

by onedev 13y ago

So let's talk about Facebook. Over the years the site and service has become bloated beyond belief. I think part of the reason people (especially younger audiences) are using Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat for key functionality over what FB provides is because of the simple UI/UXs. Kids might be seeing FB similar to how they see Excel spreadsheets. Complicated shit for adults that isn't synonymous with "fun".

rmrfrmrf 13y ago
No; there are a lot of problems with Facebook, but I'm pretty sure it boils down to parents being on there. That, more than anything else, will keep kids away. You could also argue that Facebook focuses too much on content consumption whereas Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat all focus much more on content creation. Another problem I've seen a lot lately is the Newsfeed algorithm just being downright terrible. I've noticed a rash of comments on months-old photos lately where people are saying "how did I miss this photo?!" If you're going out of your way to create content and no one sees it, what's the point?
- jmngomes 13y ago
  Agreed, and I think it's mainly because it gets hard to figure out what content to display when 1) people are following 300 friends + 300 pages; 2) advertisers are paying for their content to be seen. The competition for a spot in the users' news feed makes it increasingly harder to present the user with quality content...I sometimes wonder how it's even possible to test the quality of their algorithms a such a large scale (kudos, btw), even with all that automated continuous learning.
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source99 13y ago
The article states that once a site layout follows the archetype for that type of site then the brain is "happier". I would say that at this point Facebook is so ingrained in many(not all) users that its design follows a known archetype(The FB design).
- tommycxl 13y ago
  Facebook has also simplified their design considerably over the years. Do you remember when you had all those wall plugins like drawing apps, and "SUPER POKE" it got way out of hand. And part of the reason Facebook did so well when it first came out, was because it was a far easier alternative than the CSS bloat that was on Myspace. Remember going to your friends page, and three videos would autoload, with 7 songs playing and glitter graphics?

by onedev 13y ago

rmrfrmrf 13y ago

No; there are a lot of problems with Facebook, but I'm pretty sure it boils down to parents being on there. That, more than anything else, will keep kids away. You could also argue that Facebook focuses too much on content consumption whereas Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat all focus much more on content creation. Another problem I've seen a lot lately is the Newsfeed algorithm just being downright terrible. I've noticed a rash of comments on months-old photos lately where people are saying "how did I miss this photo?!" If you're going out of your way to create content and no one sees it, what's the point?

jmngomes 13y ago
Agreed, and I think it's mainly because it gets hard to figure out what content to display when 1) people are following 300 friends + 300 pages; 2) advertisers are paying for their content to be seen. The competition for a spot in the users' news feed makes it increasingly harder to present the user with quality content...I sometimes wonder how it's even possible to test the quality of their algorithms a such a large scale (kudos, btw), even with all that automated continuous learning.
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source99 13y ago

The article states that once a site layout follows the archetype for that type of site then the brain is "happier". I would say that at this point Facebook is so ingrained in many(not all) users that its design follows a known archetype(The FB design).

tommycxl 13y ago
Facebook has also simplified their design considerably over the years. Do you remember when you had all those wall plugins like drawing apps, and "SUPER POKE" it got way out of hand. And part of the reason Facebook did so well when it first came out, was because it was a far easier alternative than the CSS bloat that was on Myspace. Remember going to your friends page, and three videos would autoload, with 7 songs playing and glitter graphics?