OK, so the wait while the ads on LJ show themselves is frustrating, but at least when I go to read my friends page, I see everything. Facebook, on the other hand, is driving me to drink. An "algorithm" decides what I need to see in my live feed. I've tried adding people in through the "edit options" so I can see everything, and it still doesn't change it. Then I'll refresh, and as if by magic, everything is there. Another refresh and it disappears. I don't understand - I don't understand how to get to see everything I want, because it doesn't work when I follow the directions, I don't understand why FB feels the need to constantly fuck with things, and I don't understand why they aren't losing their user base left and right because of all this shit.
I give up for now. I need chocolate. And a drink, but I'm still at work.
I give up for now. I need chocolate. And a drink, but I'm still at work.
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Date: February 9th, 2010 08:43 pm (UTC)From:I think they're going to lose a lot of traffic until they fix this, and probably lose some permanently. I'm very surprised that they didn't test this more thoroughly, it's very unprofessional of them. That said, the trend lately has been towards incremental changes instead of big releases, because people gravitate towards what they are familiar with. My whole field is about figuring out what users' expectations are, and how to design to that.
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Date: February 9th, 2010 08:53 pm (UTC)From:I myself have just about had it with FB but two things keep me from leaving: it's still a great way, and sometimes the only way to keep up with people, and since I've got a pretty good stronghold on my user name, I don't want to give that up.
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Date: February 9th, 2010 08:59 pm (UTC)From:It just occurred to me that their algorithm has a major flaw. If in fact they give more visibility to items that get more comments, and people who are more active, then those people on our friends list who aren't as active or who don't get as many comments on their items will eventually never be seen, therefore defeating the entire purpose of Facebook as a networking site. The algorithm just lets the so-called rich get richer. I really think they should give that control back to the user, and let us opt out of seeing certain people or applications.
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Date: February 9th, 2010 10:56 pm (UTC)From:I know cloud computing is "the way of the future" and whatnot, but this sucks.
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Date: February 10th, 2010 02:35 pm (UTC)From:I haven't seen these issues, primarily because I'm not on FB often, but yeah, the popularity thing is ludicrous. The people I WANT to keep up on are like-minded people who don't FB very often, so I still won't get their info if the feed is volume-based. That sounds SO STUPID. So everyone will be getting updated with the folks who are all "Now I'm brushing my teeth." "Off to work." "Driving to work." "Stopped at the lights." etc. Gah!
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Date: February 10th, 2010 03:56 pm (UTC)From:That's exactly my point about the popularity issue. My cousin has daily posts that are basically, "School then work. Call meh later." I'd rather have a choice in whether or not I see this, and whether or not I see the person who only pops in once every few weeks. The instructions on having control over what I see aren't having the desired results, since I still can't see EVERYTHING.