Great, another way for FB to show people I don't know down my throat.
I really don't get it. What does FB have to gain from me friending a million users? I thought the point is to build meaningful connections with people I actually know. But the way they are handling things is just stupid. The "people you may know" widget on their page (web&mobile) has never ever suggested a person I actually knew. Just some random friends of my friends that I've just friended, or sometimes not even that. Can anybody shed some light on this?
I think they cater to both types.
They want to make existing social connections stronger but they also want to create them.
I think it makes a lot of sense for Facebook to implement a feature which lets you friend people physically near you. There have been people I have never talked to but simply seen around who I found on Facebook and became friends with in real life, but otherwise wouldn't have without Facebook.
This form of social interaction may not interface well with yours, but it doubtless does for others. Given that Facebook's business model is to appeal to as many people as possible, and features like this don't cause any notable quantity of people to discontinue using the service, it makes sense.
Maybe this feature isn't obtrusive, which is nice. But having a random stranger on-top of my news feed every time I open FB on my phone is getting really really old (people you may know).
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Great, another way for FB to show people I don't know down my throat.
I really don't get it. What does FB have to gain from me friending a million users? I thought the point is to build meaningful connections with people I actually know. But the way they are handling things is just stupid. The "people you may know" widget on their page (web&mobile) has never ever suggested a person I actually knew. Just some random friends of my friends that I've just friended, or sometimes not even that. Can anybody shed some light on this?
I think they cater to both types. They want to make existing social connections stronger but they also want to create them.
I think it makes a lot of sense for Facebook to implement a feature which lets you friend people physically near you. There have been people I have never talked to but simply seen around who I found on Facebook and became friends with in real life, but otherwise wouldn't have without Facebook.
This form of social interaction may not interface well with yours, but it doubtless does for others. Given that Facebook's business model is to appeal to as many people as possible, and features like this don't cause any notable quantity of people to discontinue using the service, it makes sense.
Maybe this feature isn't obtrusive, which is nice. But having a random stranger on-top of my news feed every time I open FB on my phone is getting really really old (people you may know).
the more poeple you're friends with the wider the audience for the sponsored stories/news thing
But that becomes useless if I'm friends with people I don't know!