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Ah yes, the "unfollow from blah.com" feature gets very thoroughly used by me. There has been a massive influx of hopeless and useless junk in my Facebook feed.

by ihsw 12y ago

Ah yes, the "unfollow from blah.com" feature gets very thoroughly used by me. There has been a massive influx of hopeless and useless junk in my Facebook feed. Why do I need to click it off? Why isn't it opt-in?

batiudrami 12y ago
It's just a phase. We had shitty profile apps, shitty quiz apps, shitty social game apps, shitty "like to see this stupid picture" pages, shitty bit strips, and currently we have shitty videos and pictures being shared by radio stations and clickbait sites. This too shall pass. That said, I have a Facebook group with just my friends in it, where we organise social events, share interesting stuff and just generally shoot the shit. It's exactly what I want Facebook to be - no junk, no ads, no brands marketing to me, and no one cultivating their social presence. Just a couple of posts a day and a bunch of follow up comments from my (real) friends.
- Apocryphon 12y ago
  Ultimately, I think that core FB experience is what will allow the site to last- the most direct person-to-person experience, of using it as simply a method of communication between people who know each other well in real life. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how that can be monetized, unless the site was to offer a paid subscription to this "True Facebook" in some dark dytopian future.
  - bigbugbag 12y ago
    The core FB experience you described is pretty much describing something called the internet (also email/im), something FB is trying very hard to replace (as microsoft attempted in the 90's with its msn).
- bigbugbag 12y ago
  Are you aware that this facebook group of yours is what old timers called an IRC chan ?
  - batiudrami 12y ago
    It's more like usenet or a forum/board than IRC, smart arse.
    - bigbugbag 12y ago
      why the name calling ? Sorry but the usage you described is exactly what the group of friends I was part of did in the 90's using an IRC channel. usenet would be public and a board would not update itself in real time.

by ihsw 12y ago

batiudrami 12y ago

It's just a phase. We had shitty profile apps, shitty quiz apps, shitty social game apps, shitty "like to see this stupid picture" pages, shitty bit strips, and currently we have shitty videos and pictures being shared by radio stations and clickbait sites. This too shall pass. That said, I have a Facebook group with just my friends in it, where we organise social events, share interesting stuff and just generally shoot the shit. It's exactly what I want Facebook to be - no junk, no ads, no brands marketing to me, and no one cultivating their social presence. Just a couple of posts a day and a bunch of follow up comments from my (real) friends.

Apocryphon 12y ago
Ultimately, I think that core FB experience is what will allow the site to last- the most direct person-to-person experience, of using it as simply a method of communication between people who know each other well in real life. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how that can be monetized, unless the site was to offer a paid subscription to this "True Facebook" in some dark dytopian future.
- bigbugbag 12y ago
  The core FB experience you described is pretty much describing something called the internet (also email/im), something FB is trying very hard to replace (as microsoft attempted in the 90's with its msn).
bigbugbag 12y ago
Are you aware that this facebook group of yours is what old timers called an IRC chan ?
- batiudrami 12y ago
  It's more like usenet or a forum/board than IRC, smart arse.
  - bigbugbag 12y ago
    why the name calling ? Sorry but the usage you described is exactly what the group of friends I was part of did in the 90's using an IRC channel. usenet would be public and a board would not update itself in real time.