The primary goal is getting concerned with the lives of others. Listen to McLuhan opinion on "global village" (AKA Facebook) at 15 minutes in this TED talk on rivalry between TV and computers. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/peter_hirshberg_on_tv_and_the_web.html
I call this primary goal "gossip". -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Oleh Kovalchuke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Will Evans wrote: > >> What are the top three user goals when they go onto facebook? > > > 1. Gossip > 2. Boasting > 3. Kvetching > 4. (bonus) Stalking > > And just like gossip, the Facebook is not going away any time soon. > > Will, think about personas, not about yourself. > > Cheers, > > Oleh Kovalchuke > Interaction Design is design of time > http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm > > ________________________________________________________________ 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
