Re:Facebook’s dark matter: “secret” groups
by gizmo686 on Saturday December 29, 2012 @06:38AM
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Facebook had to overcome a pretty steep disadvantage to beet e-mail. The main difference I see is that in e-mail, everything you see (in theory) needs your attention, whereas in facebook, nothing you see needs you attention, but everything is avalable when you want to give your attention. Unlike e-mail, people can join the conversation without an explicit invitation.
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Re:Facebook’s dark matter: “secret” groups
by primitur on Saturday December 29, 2012 @12:00PM
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Are you sure you haven't got that around the wrong way? If I check Facebook right now, I will have missed everything that happened in between now and the last time .. unless I scroll and scroll and scroll.
But if I check email right now, I can come back and see the same emails that I haven't read yet, a week later, sitting in the same approximate location.
Also, umm .. really, this: "Unlike e-mail, people can join the conversation without an explicit invitation."
.. just doesn't seem quite right. Ever been on a proper listserv?
Actually, your observation - and don't take it wrong, but I think you got it .. not .. quite .. right - is fascinating. You actually have it completely inverted, in my opinion - is this because you learned to use Facebook before you learned to (properly) use email? Not trying to be offensive, but this inversion seems pretty obtuse ..