Comments on: Mea Culpa: Facebook Chat Is, In Fact, Useless

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New And Used Car — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:29:08 +0000

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Special Birthday Edition of Monday Links: January 5th, 2009 | Tropophilia — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:02:27 +0000

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By: Trey Gaylord

Trey Gaylord — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:02:49 +0000

I use Facebook chat frequently, usually to find other bored friends who are sitting at home and wanting to get out. It is indeed very buggy and very frustrating sometimes.
I know that many people “interact” through facebook and spend many hours constructing the perfect meta-identity. I, on the other, attempt to use Facebook as a real social utility. I go to events I hear about. I hang out with friends that I talk to on chat. If a new person adds me as a friend, I determine their stalker/rapist potential, and if it is low enough, make an effort to meet them.
Facebook is a tool. Tools can be used improperly. Use it the way it's meant to be used and you may find it rewarding.

By: Trey Gaylord

Trey Gaylord — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:02:49 +0000

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:07:23 +0000

I tried to use Facebook Chat once. The result was the following post on my wall: “i think you just said that facebook chat hates me but i can’t tell because in fact it does and i can see you are trying to chat but i can’t read all of what it says all i can see is “chat hates you too.” well, i agree.”

Facebook doesn’t really lend itself well to real-time interaction. It’s more about furtive pokes and voyeurism for me.

By: Alex Gibson

Alex Gibson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:19:06 +0000

@JarrodFactor: Yes, it’s all your fault!

By: Jarred

Jarred — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:02:00 +0000

@Megan: Brutal! I bet I’d use it more too, if they blocked Gmail for me. My workplace is the opposite, blocking Facebook…

By: Megan L

Megan L — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:31:17 +0000

I love facebook chat. I use it all the time.

That said, I only use it b/c my work blocks gmail. Or else I would be gchatting instead.

BUT, facebook chat is the perfect tool for all those whose works block gmail, but have yet to figure out to block facebook (so…pretty much me, and no one else.)

PS. FB chat is bug city. It’s constantly logging me/the people I’m talking to out, mid-convo.

By: JungleG » Blog Archive » Around the web.

JungleG » Blog Archive » Around the web. — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:23:39 +0000

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By: Jarred

Jarred — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:38:44 +0000

@Noah: On the contrary, I'm all for communication. I'm not saying Facebook was "wrong" to roll out Chat. It was probably inevitable. I'm just saying that it's not as revolutionary as I or others thought it would be. It's implemented as well as it can be, but from my straw polls and research it's not getting wide use. The larger problem here is that the future of Facebook's value is not as a destination, but as social graph distributor for the wider web. Facebook (and Google, as a competitor) wants to be the repository and manager of our social graphs. Using Facebook Connect (or Google Friend Connect), external social sites will tap into and make use of that graph. Facebook (or Google) will help us own our centralized identity. They will still be destinations, obviously, but that won't be as important in the future as serving as utilities. Facebook "features" like Chat or applications that only serve to draw people into the sites will lose what little importance they already have.