Aniseteph
New member
Quite.
I wonder how FB groups will evolve if the same old topics keep coming up? If it's a linear structure, with only one or two live threads at a time, you can't usefully cross reference back to a thread further back where the same topics came up. So sooner or later either:
- the poor innocent who posted it for the nth time gets shot down in flames of exasperation or ignored for being a clueless noob,
- people are nice to the poor innocent, but it's groundhog day and everyone gets to post/read the same old stuff,
- or you rely on FBs coverage and sheer numbers to generate a steady stream of new members to whom this is cutting edge.
Another thing about sheer numbers plus the way people tend to use FB is that you get a lot of "oh thanks for posting that, how cool/ sad/ interesting/ whatever". Which is what it's all about in a small circle of friends idly chatting through their day, but doesn't make for an interesting discussion group. Discussion gets lost in little pockets of replies between the soliloquies and thanksforposting's.
OK, done soliloquising, off to paint walls and maybe a ceiling if I'm feeling brave.
I wonder how FB groups will evolve if the same old topics keep coming up? If it's a linear structure, with only one or two live threads at a time, you can't usefully cross reference back to a thread further back where the same topics came up. So sooner or later either:
- the poor innocent who posted it for the nth time gets shot down in flames of exasperation or ignored for being a clueless noob,
- people are nice to the poor innocent, but it's groundhog day and everyone gets to post/read the same old stuff,
- or you rely on FBs coverage and sheer numbers to generate a steady stream of new members to whom this is cutting edge.
Another thing about sheer numbers plus the way people tend to use FB is that you get a lot of "oh thanks for posting that, how cool/ sad/ interesting/ whatever". Which is what it's all about in a small circle of friends idly chatting through their day, but doesn't make for an interesting discussion group. Discussion gets lost in little pockets of replies between the soliloquies and thanksforposting's.
OK, done soliloquising, off to paint walls and maybe a ceiling if I'm feeling brave.