Comments on: Reactions to the new “Stalkerbook”

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:26:19 +0000

I loved reading this and I dont really like to read

By: It’s Rishi » Beacon, Privacy, blah blah. Nobody (except us tech geeks) care..

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:05:26 +0000

[...] What is distinct about this privacy blowup at Facebook compared to the News Feed privacy blowup back in September ‘06 is that the Beacon is a much less visible feature. Beacons launched a month ago and a very small minority of users have actually seen it. Both because only a small percentage of Facebook users have used third-party websites that employ the beacon and because, as a result, few beacon-sourced news feed items have been created (and my guess is that even for those feed items that have been published, few users users viewing the feed clicked on it and realized it was an external link). As a result of this slow uptake, most users haven’t heard of the Beacons and those that do haven’t been personally affected by it. Those that have been prompted by a Beacon were pleased to see that it was opt-in: the user had full control. [...]

By: It’s Rishi » My impressions of FriendFeed

It’s Rishi » My impressions of FriendFeed — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:02:40 +0000

[...] Now, any facebook user is quite familiar with the concept of a friend activity feed. The Mini-Feed/News Feed feature launched back in the fall of ‘06. The Mini-Feed is a log of a user’s activity on facebook and the News-Feed is an intelligently filtered aggregate of all your friend’s Mini-Feeds. Although these feeds were met with much initial controversy, a facebook without them now seems impossible. For me, the primary entry point into facebook is the news feed. I can see what’s going on with my friends and click deeper into what I find interesting. I can’t imagine having to click on each of my friend’s profile pages to check for updates. Because the News Feeds allows a user to easily discover fresh content in their networks, engagement metrics on facebook increased dramatically. [...]

By: Advanced Technology Products Interactive » Blog Archive » Why you should ask your users what they want.

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:07:23 +0000

[...] These new features were not received well by its users. It was called Stalkerbook. A site calling people to boycott facebook popped up. They have a day set for september 12th. A petition to have the features removed from facebook has been started. [...]

By: Social Media Optimization » The End is Near for Digg and Facebook

Social Media Optimization » The End is Near for Digg and Facebook — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 22:11:56 +0000

[...] As Rishi Kaitan commented on his blog: “We all know that a big reason why social networks are big is because people enjoy seeing what’s going on in other people’s lives. But there’s a big difference between looking and stalking. The News Feed feature turns social networking into social stalking and that’s just creepy” [...]

By: Jordan McKible

Jordan McKible — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:10:19 +0000

I think the feeds are a great new feature, but they’ve run into a problem endemic to all social networking sites. The problem is that friendship is treated as a binary relationship. Given the question ‘are you this person’s friend?’ with the options Yes or No, most people choose Yes, regardless of how well they know the person.

This is what caused stalker comments. There are tiers of personal information – some things like name and age I don’t care if anyone knows. Other things, like relationship status, I may only want my close friends to know.

Just removing an item from a feed is not good enough – there needs to be a finer level of granularity for information and friendships.

By: L N

L N — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:13:18 +0000

It’s already been discovered that ‘hiding’ the mini-feed from your profile doesn’t actually hide it from friends’ news feeds. Surely, therefore, when it says “Hiding will remove the story from your Mini-Feed and prevent anyone from seeing it,” this is a blatant lie?

By: G M

G M — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:01:59 +0000

I’ve put up a web site which allows users to delete all visible Feed items from their profile. All any student needs to do is visit http://evernex.com/facebook and follow the instructions to install a bookmark to their browser toolbar. It literally takes 10 seconds or less to install. Once installed it will delete all visible Feed items whenever a user is viewing their own profile and clicks the bookmark.

By: Andre

Andre — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:52:50 +0000

I think there is a feature to limit how much people see your changes but still, when I first logged onto my account a few days ago, I was like…what the hell? Just like everyone else, the “cleanliness” of the facebook system is what I had liked. Just like everything else these days though, they will either cave in because of their target audience or not give a crap because of upcoming $$$$ deals.

WWZD? (What Would Zuckerman Do?)

By: imity » Blog Archive » Social networking fact of the day

imity » Blog Archive » Social networking fact of the day — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:13:49 +0000

[...] A recent unrest among the users of Facebook, caused by a new “person feeds” feature highlights an important, but strangely overlooked, fact about the social mechanics on checking up on your friends: The most important thing about it is the social exchange, not the information exchange. In other words, there’s a reason the correct reply to the greeting “Hi, how are you” is “Fine, how are you” and not “Well, you see – I’m feeling a bit bloated. I had too much to eat at lunch, but workwise I’m good”, or similar detailed accounts of your mental and physical state. [...]