Category Archives for Social
→ Nobody Goes to Facebook Anymore. It’s Too Crowded.
It’s just a little satisfying to see veteran blogger Michael Arrington say something I’ve blogged about almost a year ago :-). Admittedly, recent moves such as the controversial frictionless sharing haven’t helped lower the noise volume either…
→ Harvard study shows Facebook friends don’t influence your taste
A Harvard study just published in PNAS [1]: [...] the overreaching conclusion was that on Facebook, people befriend others who are similar to them rather than becoming more similar to their friends over time. In other words, tastes influence who … Continue reading
→ Most Facebook Users Don’t Understand Privacy Settings
Not a big surprise… (some even say this is intentional). And another interesting bit: Google+ in particular was billed as the answer to selective sharing, with its Circles highlighted much more strongly than Facebook’s analogous features.
★ Three Social Thunderstorms (George Colony/Forrester Research at #leweb)
This talk by Forrester Research CEO George Colony shares three big transitions he sees affecting the web: The replacement of the Web Internet with the App Internet, which combines the power of cloud services and native apps while limiting the … Continue reading
→ John Gruber on Facebook and Privacy
John Gruber, summing up the Facebook privacy situation: People are confused about Facebook privacy settings because Facebook wants them to be confused. It’s deliberate. That’s all on Facebook.