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Comment on Facebook’s Buchheit: The Future Is Lightweight Conversations

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Can someone explain what "lightweight" means in this context?

No idea what he meant, but here is my take.

Conversations online often come with tedious parts, like logging into the system, composing messages with these awful input devices, double checking the recipients, etc.

Do you want these just in order to pat your friend's back to cheer him up, or to make some insider jokes?

And it's not just a UI issue; we have to design the system from the ground up to remove the obstacles for lightweight communication.

Like you don't go to a pub to have a few beers with your friends, but exchange a few tweets and FG status update comments...

Well, thanks for the reply, but I still don't know what "lightweight" means.

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