Re:Facebook suggests I "reconnect" with a dead friend
by skybrian on Sunday July 11, 2010 @04:07PM
(#1506031)
Yes, we know how it works. Someone was looking at what happens in the common case and didn't think of this edge case. It's a reminder that social situations are complex and though we try, it's impossible to think of every edge case.
That's why you need a way for people to report bugs to you, a way to quickly disable features that aren't working, and a process to fix them.
Re:Facebook suggests I "reconnect" with a dead friend
by pbhjpbhj on Sunday July 11, 2010 @05:16PM
(#1506147)
>It's a reminder that social situations are complex and though we try, it's impossible to think of every edge case.
If they implement a tag to show someone has died what are they going to do about the zombie apocalypse/second coming?
Edge cases.
Re:Facebook suggests I "reconnect" with a dead friend
by brilliant on Sunday July 11, 2010 @04:20PM
(#1506050)
Well, they get involved if you try to call yourself "Naked Jen" -- why can't they get involved if someone is dead. If there's a story in a reputable newspaper that says the guy is dead, what's the problem? At least stop poking people about reconnecting with teh dead guy. What's so freakishly hard about that??
But for whatever reason, when someone mentions something like this, we pretend we don't know the algorithms behind it. Dudes, you know it's no facebook conspiracy - they are just using some standard algorithms you understand pretty well, so let's not pretend like it's some special thing.
If their algorithms somehow parsed the RIP on his wall and stopped suggesting him, then THAT would be special.