Facebook Relents
Posted 9/07/2006 09:39:00 PM |
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From the Students Against Facebook News Feed group:
****Thursday Night Update****
- I was read a statement from facebook by a news organization. Perhaps by tomorrow, there will be a feature to remove yourself from facebook news feeds, based on categories. This group will reserve judgement until we see the privacy upgrades implimented.
I think we've won, people. I think we've won.
- Ben
The group has grown to almost 700,000 users, representing almost 8% of Facebook's total user base. If the equivalent happened in Myspace, the group would have grown to 8 million people. In two days.
Amazing.
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At September 07, 2006 11:14 PM,
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It seems like the news feed actually helped motivate this incredibly quick response. Almost half of the items on my own news feed were somehow backlash related.
Isn't it ironic? I'm still pro-feed. IMHO, if you decline to feed, then you shouldn't be allowed to be fed. Identity aggregation karma? -
At September 08, 2006 12:15 AM,
Fred Stutzman said...
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Thats exactly what happened - talk about the law of unforseen consequences.
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At September 08, 2006 1:42 AM,
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It is ironic how this newsfeed enabled everyone to protest so effectively. I am surprised, however, that Facebook did not silence dissent. Good thing that they didn't. It would have been another great misstep.
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At September 08, 2006 12:01 PM,
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A more powerful service gets replaced or criticized faster (because it is more efficient at spreading the word against itself)?
How ironic, true, but this is exactly what I've seen a year ago (for Friendset face-lift & competitors' entry), and what my research is about: I'd really love to have some data on this one (couldn't get any proper the first time).
I don't have anything worth reading on that idea yet (trying to make endogenous social network without rational agents---that is plain arrogant, but I loved to try); but one thing I am quite sure: Warhol predicted 15 minutes of fame; not 15 contiguous minutes. The more we'll have the ability to connect with like-minded individuals, the faster those backlash (or sudden fame) will be.
I'm not afraid of googlarchy (because no one is like-minded enough to prevent debate) as much as the disappointment after the public disaffection. -
At September 13, 2006 7:27 AM,
Ruby said...
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It's also interesting to note that the users learned about their victory from the media instead of from Facebook directly. It's not like the company doesn't know how to reach them.
