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There's so much more to Paper than your existing news feed.

by gfosco 13y ago

joe_the_user 13y ago
Putting aside the marketing-blather tone of your post, what is this "more"? Who would create this "more"? The nice thing about my existing news feed is that it is created by the people I either know or have a rather specific affinity to. Either way, they create stuff that actually is interesting specifically to me. And only about 5-10 of them are capable of producing video or the equvilent. Most produce essays, quips, collages and cat-pictures - not stuff with huge production values or stuff with a cinematic or whatever tone. Just relevant things. So what would be added? Ipso facto irrelevant stuff.
- gfosco 13y ago
  When you get to play with it next week, you'll understand. Newsfeed is one section, and you can choose from a variety of others to flip through. They will be curated and high quality. See recent posts like: http://recode.net/2014/01/27/facebook-is-seeking-editors-for-news-app/ http://recode.net/2014/01/27/facebook-is-seeking-editors-for...
  - joe_the_user 13y ago
    Will the curators be as obtusely disconnected from their readers as your replies to my posts have been? I mean, my argument is that there is fundamental difference, a wide gulf, between a feed of friends' posts and a curated stream of news article, even if some friend's posts contain some links. A friend might, say, object to my argument using a counter-argument whereas, for example, a marketing bot would respond with a stream of text all of which is synonymous with "don't worry, it will be great".
    - gfosco 13y ago
      If all you want is a feed of your friends posts, then you have the Facebook app. I'm not a marketing bot... I work on the Parse team. You asked two questions in your response, I answered them. All I said originally is that it's more than just newsfeed. It was not my intention to argue a point, simply to clarify. Oh, and don't worry, it will be great.

There's so much more to Paper than your existing news feed.

by gfosco 13y ago

There's so much more to Paper than your existing news feed.

Putting aside the marketing-blather tone of your post, what is this "more"? Who would create this "more"? The nice thing about my existing news feed is that it is created by the people I either know or have a rather specific affinity to. Either way, they create stuff that actually is interesting specifically to me. And only about 5-10 of them are capable of producing video or the equvilent. Most produce essays, quips, collages and cat-pictures - not stuff with huge production values or stuff with a cinematic or whatever tone. Just relevant things. So what would be added? Ipso facto irrelevant stuff.

gfosco 13y ago
When you get to play with it next week, you'll understand. Newsfeed is one section, and you can choose from a variety of others to flip through. They will be curated and high quality. See recent posts like: http://recode.net/2014/01/27/facebook-is-seeking-editors-for-news-app/ http://recode.net/2014/01/27/facebook-is-seeking-editors-for...
- joe_the_user 13y ago
  Will the curators be as obtusely disconnected from their readers as your replies to my posts have been? I mean, my argument is that there is fundamental difference, a wide gulf, between a feed of friends' posts and a curated stream of news article, even if some friend's posts contain some links. A friend might, say, object to my argument using a counter-argument whereas, for example, a marketing bot would respond with a stream of text all of which is synonymous with "don't worry, it will be great".
  - gfosco 13y ago
    If all you want is a feed of your friends posts, then you have the Facebook app. I'm not a marketing bot... I work on the Parse team. You asked two questions in your response, I answered them. All I said originally is that it's more than just newsfeed. It was not my intention to argue a point, simply to clarify. Oh, and don't worry, it will be great.