Comments on: X ways Facebook works for me http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/ A Technology and Business Weblog provided to You by a Global Group of Friends. Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:44:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/#comment-2845 Vincent van Wylick Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:40:03 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/#comment-2845 For any demographic personalisation matters. The challenge will be not to over-complicate the features and dilute the core-principles of the site. The founder of Facebook is 23-24, so the high results there are not so surprising. For any demographic personalisation matters. The challenge will be not to over-complicate the features and dilute the core-principles of the site.

The founder of Facebook is 23-24, so the high results there are not so surprising.

]]> By: Fidji SIMO http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/#comment-2846 Fidji SIMO Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:35:23 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/#comment-2846 Unsurprisingly people between 18 and 24 are highly represented. Again, I think that if Facebook wants to appeal to older people, they will have to provide better personnalization tools depending on the different networks (work, close freinds, etc...). Unsurprisingly people between 18 and 24 are highly represented. Again, I think that if Facebook wants to appeal to older people, they will have to provide better personnalization tools depending on the different networks (work, close freinds, etc…).

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/#comment-2847 Vincent van Wylick Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:09:39 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/#comment-2847 I found the poll on a blog: <a href="http://liako.biz/2007/07/facebook-poll-how-many-friends-do-you-have/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I found the poll on a blog: here.

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/#comment-2848 Vincent van Wylick Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:02:06 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/#comment-2848 Thanks for your comment, Fidji. I agree that this certainly doesn't work for everyone and (probably) applies mostly to "those young kids" for the reasons you mentioned. There was actually an interesting poll on this subject on Facebook, where you could see what ages and sexes had the most friends on it. I forgot to print it to pdf however, and I'm not sure whether/where the results can be found. Thanks for your comment, Fidji. I agree that this certainly doesn’t work for everyone and (probably) applies mostly to “those young kids” for the reasons you mentioned.

There was actually an interesting poll on this subject on Facebook, where you could see what ages and sexes had the most friends on it. I forgot to print it to pdf however, and I’m not sure whether/where the results can be found.

]]> By: Fidji SIMO http://www.techiteasy.org/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/#comment-2849 Fidji SIMO Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:48:17 +0000 http://jeremyfain.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/x-ways-facebook-works-for-me/#comment-2849 Really good article Vince. Concerning the last item, I think that it completely depends on how you want to use Facebook. For some, it is a way to market themselves to their network, and in this case, the bigger the network is, the better: it is often the case among the youth, who prefer to display an image of themselves rather than showing who they really are. For others, who want to use Facebook as a way to keep track of friends, it is definitely mandatory to select the people you are following, which is why it is necessary to make a choice on how we want to use Facebook upfront. I know a lot of people who wanted to keep track of their closest friends but who kept on adding people: they ended up by removing more and more information from their profile (which by the way is really bad for Facebook business model) because they didn't want the people they barely know, for example at work, to see their pictures during parties, or know everything about their sentimental life. The problem is that there is a "social pressure" to accept people: if people at work add me, they won't understand why I don't accept, even if I want to use Facebook to communicate silly things with close friends. Really good article Vince.

Concerning the last item, I think that it completely depends on how you want to use Facebook.

For some, it is a way to market themselves to their network, and in this case, the bigger the network is, the better: it is often the case among the youth, who prefer to display an image of themselves rather than showing who they really are.

For others, who want to use Facebook as a way to keep track of friends, it is definitely mandatory to select the people you are following, which is why it is necessary to make a choice on how we want to use Facebook upfront. I know a lot of people who wanted to keep track of their closest friends but who kept on adding people: they ended up by removing more and more information from their profile (which by the way is really bad for Facebook business model) because they didn’t want the people they barely know, for example at work, to see their pictures during parties, or know everything about their sentimental life. The problem is that there is a “social pressure” to accept people: if people at work add me, they won’t understand why I don’t accept, even if I want to use Facebook to communicate silly things with close friends.

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