Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/FacebookWhyIUse Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FacebookWhyIUse?atomcommentsDWiki2018-03-19T16:07:56ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/FacebookWhyIUse.By pk on /blog/web/FacebookWhyIUsetag:CSpace:blog/web/FacebookWhyIUse:4442cccf2247e1b44deb1d38885b39e2a09e1d32pk<div class="wikitext"><p>I've found that facebook's mobile interface (m.faceb...) leaves out a <code>lot</code> of the cruft I don't want to see anyway. even when using a desktop browser. just fyi.</p>
</div>2018-03-19T16:07:56ZBy Chris Siebenmann on /blog/web/FacebookWhyIUsetag:CSpace:blog/web/FacebookWhyIUse:c4849c2c54fbd4fb31fcebd8dbdeaec58d189f76Chris Siebenmann<div class="wikitext"><p>Because I'm primarily focused on following my bike club, I use
Facebook in what is probably a pretty non-standard way. I ignore
all notifications (one of my first actions when I log in is to
clear them all), and if I got a lot of direct messages and didn't
log in very often I'd probably do the same (because by the time a
DM is N months old, I don't think the sender expects an answer).
I pin the groups I care about in the 'shortcuts' section, then go
directly to them to read as much recent stuff as I want to, then
perhaps skim my main feed.</p>
<p>(This wouldn't work as well if I wanted to keep up with people
on Facebook; then the main feed would be much more important
and I'd have to figure out how to manage it. I might also want
to pay more attention to notifications, because they'd be more
likely to contain things that I care about; right now almost all
of my notifications are 'new post in group I follow'.)</p>
</div>2018-03-18T19:49:17ZBy HistoryJoe on /blog/web/FacebookWhyIUsetag:CSpace:blog/web/FacebookWhyIUse:401580d43105435ae4165e7e865b9bbfde483df9HistoryJoehttp://atlhistory.com<div class="wikitext"><p>Interesting points. They do provide a mostly frictionless user experience. Hmm, I've been on Facebook sabbatical since 2016, and wonder if you have any strategies for when you open up Facebook and see 60 notifications and 20 direct messages. I don't want to encourage people to use FB for all communication (or do I? Is it that much easier?) but I really don't want to see what some friend from grammar school thinks about trade policy — I'd like to hear about their kids, though! Always enjoy reading your blog</p>
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