Many many introductory products eventually become merely a feature of a more purposed product they are piggybacking upon. There are countless examples of this in technology.
My space and linkedin represent purposed social sites... they facilitate finding new music (or being found) and building professional networks. The real power of social networks is as attached to a goal, passion or need. I participate on facebook minimally as my family and some coworkers become acquainted with the social web, but I am not sure there is much else here. It is an interesting and effective way to reconnect with lost friends from high school and college. So Will... have you moved on to Plaxo? On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally, doesn't matter. > > Facebook is 15 minutes ago. Facebook is useless. Facebook just doesn't have > the decency to realize that it is Friendster 5 years ago. > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:43 PM, live <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What say you, people of IXDA? >> >> What say you of the new Facebook design? >> >> What of the usability of this new look? What of the spacing? Is it >> efficient? Are the tabs necessary? Or did you like to, with just one look, >> understand a person's personal and professional life completely? >> >> More importantly, with the myriad of complaints of said new design, will >> this bring the downfall of Facebook here in the US? Into the halls of >> history along with Tribe, Friendster, Orkut? >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > > > > -- > ~ will > > "Where you innovate, how you innovate, > and what you innovate are design problems" > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Will Evans | User Experience Architect > tel: +1.617.281.128 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > aim: semanticwill | gtalk: wkevans4 > twitter: semanticwill | skype: semanticwill > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
