The feed algorithm is now an utter mystery: they somehow manage to show me things twice, and there is lots of interspersed garbage. The endless scroll makes it very obvious very quickly that this is now a “chore” so I just stop. I also log in far less than before; certainly not every day as I once did…perhaps weekly (and even then, I somehow see updates from 2 or 3 friends tops).
The mobile interface is also ridiculous. My friend’s phone was hot and he complained about his battery not lasting…he wanted to upgrade his iPhone 6 because of it! What was the real problem? The Facebook app, ALONE, consuming upwards of 30% of his battery!!!
Then there is the automatic distrust I feel these days whenever I see “log in with Facebook” or similar things. I just assume that this can’t be a good idea, kind of like receiving a scam E-mail. That kind of pattern is going to tarnish Facebook’s prospects long-term.
And why is Facebook chat supposed to be so great? What is new about this? I am so tired of technology falling into “pits”, where just because a company has your data you are supposed to suffer through whatever software stack they create. Microsoft did this with documents, now I am supposed to use a Facebook app just to reach anybody? No.
We used to know how to create standalone clients and open protocols...let’s get back there again and let Facebook die.
Now are doing this with slack. Everyone wants to put some integration or other in slack. When it started, I just had a chat with friends. Now it's a mix of random bots and non-stop alerts about things I really don't want to know (immediately) at that point.
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The feed algorithm is now an utter mystery: they somehow manage to show me things twice, and there is lots of interspersed garbage. The endless scroll makes it very obvious very quickly that this is now a “chore” so I just stop. I also log in far less than before; certainly not every day as I once did…perhaps weekly (and even then, I somehow see updates from 2 or 3 friends tops).
The mobile interface is also ridiculous. My friend’s phone was hot and he complained about his battery not lasting…he wanted to upgrade his iPhone 6 because of it! What was the real problem? The Facebook app, ALONE, consuming upwards of 30% of his battery!!!
Then there is the automatic distrust I feel these days whenever I see “log in with Facebook” or similar things. I just assume that this can’t be a good idea, kind of like receiving a scam E-mail. That kind of pattern is going to tarnish Facebook’s prospects long-term.
And why is Facebook chat supposed to be so great? What is new about this? I am so tired of technology falling into “pits”, where just because a company has your data you are supposed to suffer through whatever software stack they create. Microsoft did this with documents, now I am supposed to use a Facebook app just to reach anybody? No.
We used to know how to create standalone clients and open protocols...let’s get back there again and let Facebook die.
Now are doing this with slack. Everyone wants to put some integration or other in slack. When it started, I just had a chat with friends. Now it's a mix of random bots and non-stop alerts about things I really don't want to know (immediately) at that point.