Comments on: Can Facebook change from a private to public social space?

By: When The Living Room Becomes A Stadium | Project Shrink

When The Living Room Becomes A Stadium | Project Shrink — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:49:55 +0000

[...] from private to public, those used to operating in a closed social space were suddenly faced with big questions: “If I change my statuses from private to public, then do the expectancies of those around me [...]

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By: Kerry Craig Walker

Kerry Craig Walker — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:40:18 +0000

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evlilik — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:55:45 +0000

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Anti Obama T Shirts — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:33:18 +0000

I hope facebook does keep private. It’s important to keep it that way.

By: When The Living Room Becomes A Stadium // Project Shrink Blog

When The Living Room Becomes A Stadium // Project Shrink Blog — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:28:19 +0000

[...] from private to public, those used to operating in a closed social space where suddenly faced with big questions: “If I change my statuses from private to public, then do the expectancies of those around me [...]

By: neo

neo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:29:44 +0000

i’ve being using FB for years now i dont see any changes apart from few changes made to their page.. anyway facebook does making sure that everything is secured for their users.

By: Andy Edwards

Andy Edwards — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:53:50 +0000

Different horses for different courses. Twitter is fine for one kind of social interaction and Facebook is fine for sharing more information about yourself albeit with fewer people.

The social media space takes a lot of thought and a bit of planning for a regular user. LinkedIn is purely professional and any content I put on there is serious and quite dry.

Facebook is more frivolous and embraces my personal and professional life. My FB friends number professional acquaintances across all continents and a diverse range of backgrounds, races and religions; friends I’ve made through competitive sport; general friends I’ve met along the way (for a variety of backgrounds around the world); artists; techi’s; lawyers; music biz types, Silicon Valley types; university friends and school friends from way back.

I am OK with work friends seeing a flavour of my personal life, provided it is not too much and I am OK with different sets of friends interacting on my page provided it is in a positive manner. The social aspect of FB has definitely enhanced and given context to valuable business relationships; and it goes without saying I LOVE contacting with old friends who I would otherwise have lost touch with.

Problems sometimes occur when a friend from one set posts a comment on my FB page that other friends might find unacceptable or contentious. For instance, I had an Lebanese friend post an anti-Obama and anti-Israeli message on my FB page. I was horrified and PM’d him, explained my reasoning and he quickly deleted. I would not have wanted important business contacts (some of whom are pro-Israeli) to be offended. It all seems like quite a bit of effort, but in general I’ve learned how to approach FB as it develops and it is rare that I have to take any kind of action or even delete friends.

The important thing is I can choose my friends and choose what they see; while giving something of myself that is fun and hopefully engaging to people I know. But like any social environment FB has developed into a ecosystem and ecosystems need careful developing and nurturing. The recent moves are a serious detraction from that and I have made changes to my privacy settings as a result. If FB go any further it may reach a point when I leave altogether … and that would be a great pity because right now I remain an FB cheerleader.

By: Donna Winter

Donna Winter — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:06:51 +0000

Your analogy “can a living room become a bar” is brilliant. Twitter is a superficial, impersonal meeting place where we choose what small snippets to share. Facebook is like a house where we store ourselves (contact information, photos, etc) and share and play with our friends and family. Of course I’ve met and made friends on Twitter with whom I’ve chosen to share more with…but not on Twitter, those friends then move up to the next level of friendship: Facebook. So much like meeting in a bar, you don’t bring them all to your house. Great article. ~ Donna