Re:Why Google+ is Poised to Fail
by Terretta on Friday July 15, 2011 @01:28PM
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> Facebook feed relevance as a point of superiority over some competing services
When I disabled my Facebook account in early March I gave two reasons:
(a) The newly introduced forced sharing of my address and phone number with third party app developers[1] and lack of granular deny on data items for third party apps.
(b) The "edge ranked" news feed suddenly full of social butterflies[2] instead of thoughtful friends' occasional remarks. I very specifically want to see the comments from those who might share something insightful once a quarter, instead of those who chatter several times daily about their snacks.
Most in my "circles" have found Facebook less engaging and less useful this year. Discussion usually ends up pointing at this default feed filter as the reason.
When I disabled my Facebook account in early March I gave two reasons:
(a) The newly introduced forced sharing of my address and phone number with third party app developers[1] and lack of granular deny on data items for third party apps.
(b) The "edge ranked" news feed suddenly full of social butterflies[2] instead of thoughtful friends' occasional remarks. I very specifically want to see the comments from those who might share something insightful once a quarter, instead of those who chatter several times daily about their snacks.
Most in my "circles" have found Facebook less engaging and less useful this year. Discussion usually ends up pointing at this default feed filter as the reason.
1. http://mashable.com/2011/03/01/facebook-third-party-share-ad...
2. http://www.bizchickblogs.com/2011/06/facebook-edgerank-or-im... (your link explains it wasn't my imagination, thanks for this)