I think Facebook is like any good MMORPG; once you spend enough time on it (and upload enough personal content to it) you will be unable or unlikely to pull away.
Facebook is probably banking on that. On Jan 17, 2013 11:56 AM, "okwii David" <[email protected]> wrote: > No and yes! > > I think Facebook is introducing a new paradigm to search (social) that's > far from the web crunching of online archives, forums, blogs that Google > has been doing for us. > > Now you can search for friends with whom you've or share certain things in > common. For instance you can find friends with whom you share the same > foods, or music or movies etc...which is cool and couldn't be done by > Google since it doesn't have a big social data graph (reason it's never > given up on a social network product -- buzz, G+). So in that respect, yes > Facebook is changing search, but things could get a little sticky when > users get serious with their privacy. > > On the other hand, since the search is ONLY within Facebook, it's much of > a game changer and can't challenge Google whose search engines crawl the > WHOLE web. So what happens if Facebook tomorrow becomes like MySpace or > Geocities? The FB search graph depends on users engagement and commitment > to the social network. If they decide to move to another new hot network, > the FB search engine won't have anymore social user generated data to churn > out relevant search results. > > Thanks & regards, > David Okwii, > Senior Editor TechPost, > www.techpost.ug, > Tel: +256791040262, +256778607301 > Vision. Passion. Diligence. Persistence. > > sent from the oquidroid > On Jan 17, 2013 11:15 AM, "roy" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A few days ago facebook announced the release of of a beta version of >> their search engine labeled "Graph Search" which was designed using some >> opensource tools. Could graph search be a huge competitor to google and >> have they revolutionized search. Read on here: >> >> >> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/011613-facebook-graph-search-265884.html?page=3 >> >> Regards >> >> -- >> If you think education is expensive, try ignorance... >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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