Comments on: Facebook Chat? Bah!

By: Facebook chat brings IM to the masses « Melissa Attree

Facebook chat brings IM to the masses « Melissa Attree — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:24:56 +0000

[...] a lot of comment about Facebook chat over the past two days, this morning I posted a comment on Paul’s blog in response to his anti-Facebook [...]

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:14:42 +0000

I have to agree with the sentiments about Facebook. Interesting for a while, but the novelty has worn off (altho’ I do still enjoy the odd game of Scrabulous).

Besides that, I pretty much only scan statuses. It’s a way of staying in touch with lots of people - getting a quick snapshot of how they are - rather than using it as a platform to interact with them (altho I use email occasionally). It will be interesting to see if FB Chat changes that.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:14:42 +0000

I have to agree with the sentiments about Facebook. Interesting for a while, but the novelty has worn off (altho' I do still enjoy the odd game of Scrabulous).

Besides that, I pretty much only scan statuses. It's a way of staying in touch with lots of people - getting a quick snapshot of how they are - rather than using it as a platform to interact with them (altho I use email occasionally). It will be interesting to see if FB Chat changes that.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:42:08 +0000

Hi Paul, I have friends who have been apprehensive or scared about using any IM apps in the past (yes, these people do exist) however for some reason they have embraced Facebook.
My feeling is that FB chat will seem more accessible to them as they don’t have to install any additional programmes, by using FB chat it’s likely that they”ll be more open to the concept of instant messaging as a whole and investigate the uses IM has personally and professionally.
Let’s wait and see but based on my personal feeling I have to agree that it’s a good thing.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:42:08 +0000

Hi Paul, I have friends who have been apprehensive or scared about using any IM apps in the past (yes, these people do exist) however for some reason they have embraced Facebook.
My feeling is that FB chat will seem more accessible to them as they don't have to install any additional programmes, by using FB chat it's likely that they''ll be more open to the concept of instant messaging as a whole and investigate the uses IM has personally and professionally.
Let's wait and see but based on my personal feeling I have to agree that it's a good thing.

By: Stii

Stii — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:34:22 +0000

Geez, Paul, thank you for the compliment! I really appreciate it.

You raise some serious issues here, which I have not given much thought to really. My opinion is pretty low on Microsoft ever since the Microsoft, SCO vs Open Source Linux issue. I think they employ extremely shocking tactics and they are an evil company. That is how I see them. Whether it is true or not, doesn’t matter. What matters is that Microsoft is involved and now owning me in a different space. Who knows what they are doing with that data? If they can protect their source code for so long, so effectively, there is no saying what they do behind closed doors…

Even so, its not really about Facebook for me. Yes, regrettably Facebook were the first to implement this. It is about the communication aspect of it. It is about taking Social Networking to a new level, and not about how awesome the feature is. I do have to admit, I have some sense of admiration for how its been done from a technical prespective. I think it works great! I’ve said it many times before. I do not like Facebook. Like you, I build my network, but do so feeling almost bullied into it. Not by anyone in particular, but simply due to the fact that if I’m not there, I’m missing out on hooking up with my non-techy friends.

Dude, I feel your pain regarding your wife. It almost seems to me that that is the real issue for you here!

By: Stii

Stii — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:34:22 +0000

Geez, Paul, thank you for the compliment! I really appreciate it.

You raise some serious issues here, which I have not given much thought to really. My opinion is pretty low on Microsoft ever since the Microsoft, SCO vs Open Source Linux issue. I think they employ extremely shocking tactics and they are an evil company. That is how I see them. Whether it is true or not, doesn't matter. What matters is that Microsoft is involved and now owning me in a different space. Who knows what they are doing with that data? If they can protect their source code for so long, so effectively, there is no saying what they do behind closed doors…

Even so, its not really about Facebook for me. Yes, regrettably Facebook were the first to implement this. It is about the communication aspect of it. It is about taking Social Networking to a new level, and not about how awesome the feature is. I do have to admit, I have some sense of admiration for how its been done from a technical prespective. I think it works great! I've said it many times before. I do not like Facebook. Like you, I build my network, but do so feeling almost bullied into it. Not by anyone in particular, but simply due to the fact that if I'm not there, I'm missing out on hooking up with my non-techy friends.

Dude, I feel your pain regarding your wife. It almost seems to me that that is the real issue for you here!