Comments on: Facebook to Google: You say Circles, We say Smart Lists http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/09/13/facebook-to-google-you-say-circles-we-say-smart-lists/ Where media and technology meet Fri, 24 May 2013 10:42:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Gingerz http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/09/13/facebook-to-google-you-say-circles-we-say-smart-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-390503 Gingerz Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:20:59 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=29485#comment-390503 Does Facebook ever actually ask its users what they might want? It puzzles me that all the recent changes just "appear" and they assume that users will appreciate them. I am sure I'm not the only low-tech person who uses Facebook. Unfortunately, it has become a necessity to have Facebook access in order to communicate with certain groups I am part of. I will be checking out the new google+ to see if it is any more user-friendly... Does Facebook ever actually ask its users what they might want? It puzzles me that all the recent changes just “appear” and they assume that users will appreciate them. I am sure I’m not the only low-tech person who uses Facebook. Unfortunately, it has become a necessity to have Facebook access in order to communicate with certain groups I am part of. I will be checking out the new google+ to see if it is any more user-friendly…

]]> By: rohanrrao http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/09/13/facebook-to-google-you-say-circles-we-say-smart-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-390489 rohanrrao Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:44:44 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=29485#comment-390489 From purely the end users perspective and user requirements, both these approaches - Lists and Circles - are constraining approaches and not the best way to group contacts and filter the sharing and following options. There must be different approach than the current bucketing approach. I have written about the bucket vs tag approach for managing friends list and feed filtering here http://rohanrao.com/facebook-lists-and-google-circles-the-bucket-approach-and-how-it-fails/ Would love to have your thoughts. Cheers ~ From purely the end users perspective and user requirements, both these approaches – Lists and Circles – are constraining approaches and not the best way to group contacts and filter the sharing and following options.

There must be different approach than the current bucketing approach. I have written about the bucket vs tag approach for managing friends list and feed filtering here http://rohanrao.com/facebook-lists-and-g oogle-circles-the-bucket-approach-and-ho w-it-fails/

Would love to have your thoughts.
Cheers ~

]]> By: peterlichota http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/09/13/facebook-to-google-you-say-circles-we-say-smart-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-390453 peterlichota Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:26:03 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/?p=29485#comment-390453 "Automatically" you say? They have already done some automatic things that have have pissed off and disillusioned a lot of the people who come across my "Home" page! What people want is for people like them to quit assuming they "know" what we want! Why not ask? “Automatically” you say? They have already done some automatic things that have have pissed off and disillusioned a lot of the people who come across my “Home” page! What people want is for people like them to quit assuming they “know” what we want! Why not ask?

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