Comments on: You Can’t Spell Facebooker without “FEAR” http://markphillip.com/2009/10/you-cant-spell-facebooker-without-fear/ Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:06:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Erin Lynn Young http://markphillip.com/2009/10/you-cant-spell-facebooker-without-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-4560 Erin Lynn Young Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:16:56 +0000 http://markphillip.com/?p=864#comment-4560 If executed just right, the changes would absolutely up the game -- but a few days in, I don't think actual presentation measures up. I got the chance to talk today with someone who worked on walmart.com. She said something that made a lot of sense - that walmart.com takes every design to usability, because they understand that they are designing for the lowest common denominator. The least frequent internet users. While the concept makes sense, I think Facebook might have overestimated their audience's level of savvy -- or, more accurately, the intuitiveness of their design. It's just not clear how the thing works, and only time will tell if that's something their newfound audience of 55+ will overcome. If executed just right, the changes would absolutely up the game — but a few days in, I don’t think actual presentation measures up.

I got the chance to talk today with someone who worked on walmart.com. She said something that made a lot of sense – that walmart.com takes every design to usability, because they understand that they are designing for the lowest common denominator. The least frequent internet users.

While the concept makes sense, I think Facebook might have overestimated their audience’s level of savvy — or, more accurately, the intuitiveness of their design.

It’s just not clear how the thing works, and only time will tell if that’s something their newfound audience of 55+ will overcome.

]]> By: Sherri Fleming http://markphillip.com/2009/10/you-cant-spell-facebooker-without-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-4541 Sherri Fleming Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:15:09 +0000 http://markphillip.com/?p=864#comment-4541 Excellent write-up! I am thankful that Facebook made this change. I prefer to read the actual news about my friends separate from "news" about game and other application activity. I'm sure that my friends are sick of seeing these messages and likely hide my messages from their feed. So I become conflicted about letting an application post to my wall. I want to share with a specific audience not my entire friend list. This should dramatically help with the flood. Excellent write-up!

I am thankful that Facebook made this change. I prefer to read the actual news about my friends separate from “news” about game and other application activity.

I’m sure that my friends are sick of seeing these messages and likely hide my messages from their feed. So I become conflicted about letting an application post to my wall. I want to share with a specific audience not my entire friend list.

This should dramatically help with the flood.

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