Comments on: New Facebook: Consistently Inconsistent http://jaredwsmith.com/2009/03/14/new-facebook-consistently-inconsistent/ Web developer and weather nut based in Charleston, SC. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:24:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Facebook’s Strategy is Forcing Us to Categorize our Friends by Delaying Real-Time Search - benphoster.comhttp://jaredwsmith.com/2009/03/14/new-facebook-consistently-inconsistent/comment-page-1/#comment-19735 Facebook’s Strategy is Forcing Us to Categorize our Friends by Delaying Real-Time Search - benphoster.com Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:23:34 +0000 http://jaredwsmith.com/?p=1844#comment-19735 [...] what this is doing for Facebook and it’s users.  First, here’s Jared W. Smith with a great summary of the changes: The area where you enter status updates has been made into a more ambiguous “publisher” which [...] [...] what this is doing for Facebook and it’s users.  First, here’s Jared W. Smith with a great summary of the changes: The area where you enter status updates has been made into a more ambiguous “publisher” which [...]

]]> By: patrickhttp://jaredwsmith.com/2009/03/14/new-facebook-consistently-inconsistent/comment-page-1/#comment-19732 patrick Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:10:21 +0000 http://jaredwsmith.com/?p=1844#comment-19732 Part of what I appreciate, once I find a site that offers something I like, is when that site doesn't constantly tinker with its own design to make it look or work like something else.If Facebook stands out, and I like Facebook, then I want it to stay the same. I don't want it to try to look like Twitter. Or Friendfeed. Or anything else.I want it to look like Facebook. If it has to make a change to resemble something else, it's probably already too late, because I'm probably already using the service it's now trying to mimic.I'm on Twitter, though I am not wild about it. I'm not on Friendfeed at all. I've never even looked into that one.I'll stay on Facebook as long it still feels like Facebook. When it starts to seem like it's trying to be something else hard enough, I might just switch over to what it's imitating and save myself some time. Part of what I appreciate, once I find a site that offers something I like, is when that site doesn’t constantly tinker with its own design to make it look or work like something else.

If Facebook stands out, and I like Facebook, then I want it to stay the same. I don’t want it to try to look like Twitter. Or Friendfeed. Or anything else.

I want it to look like Facebook. If it has to make a change to resemble something else, it’s probably already too late, because I’m probably already using the service it’s now trying to mimic.

I’m on Twitter, though I am not wild about it. I’m not on Friendfeed at all. I’ve never even looked into that one.

I’ll stay on Facebook as long it still feels like Facebook. When it starts to seem like it’s trying to be something else hard enough, I might just switch over to what it’s imitating and save myself some time.

]]> By: Doughttp://jaredwsmith.com/2009/03/14/new-facebook-consistently-inconsistent/comment-page-1/#comment-19728 Doug Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:38:45 +0000 http://jaredwsmith.com/?p=1844#comment-19728 -10 points for the "time will tell" ending!Stick your neck out and make a prediction that will either make you look like a genius or haunt you later, if anyone remembers. -10 points for the “time will tell” ending!

Stick your neck out and make a prediction that will either make you look like a genius or haunt you later, if anyone remembers.

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