defunct facebook post

Another major issue about the accessibility of this network, the functionality. For people who really work, and own and operate their own businesses, etc – they are WAY too busy for this stuff. I am a hotel operator, and we all got pulled into the online conversation, listening, learning, etc via social reviewing and brand mentions on twitter, etc. I took it as a chance to jump off the 16 hour a day treadmill on property level of hotels… so now I do get a chance to watch these new tools work themselves out. But the earth shattering impact of this new communication hasn’t necessarily been comprehended yet… it’s still the “wild west” as everyone says… and I don’t think tools like FB or Twitter are there yet. Facebook is unfettered narcissism, and the point should be that it’s about everyone else… not one’s vacation or baby pics. These tools work best in forums like this… with interaction, etc. This is one of the few arenas of FB that I have seen with legitimate, bona-fide interaction. It’s fairly cool, and gives me a modicum of hope.

Everyone is banking on it, for some reason, when there is *ZERO* legitimate or demonstrable equity in it. Booking engines, reservation pages, etc…. where’s the ROI? Where’s the proof that it is anything other than brand building?? Do people use it as a marketplace? Is there an economy in Facebook?

I cannot speak negatively enough about FB. Beyond the fact it isn’t a real network (hidden streams erase nodes, so the network is not legitimately stable)…

But point being… I know chefs and general managers, etc that have heard of this thing “facebook”, but haven’t had a moment to check it out.

I always wonder *who* are all these people on FB that don’t have anything better to do. I am one of them, and surely excuse myself….. but I would love the demographics of this 500M.

Facebook “offers a gateway for hundreds of shallow relationships and emotionally detached communication.”

https://www.businessinsider.com/well-these-new-zuckerberg-ims-wont-help-facebooks-privacy-problems-2010-5

Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuck: Just ask.
Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend’s Name]: What? How’d you manage that one?
Zuck: People just submitted it.
Zuck: I don’t know why.
Zuck: They “trust me”
Zuck: Dumb fucks.

https://mashable.com/2010/05/23/facebook-ceo-mistakes/

https://arnab.org/blog/deceiving-users-facebook-button

Is it too late?  Is there any conceivable way I could move away from Facebook?  I stopped using it, but it amazes me how pervasive it is. With these new like buttons everywhere, it seems like it will be an unstoppable force.  I always assumed that something better would come along and knock it off it’s pedestal, but they are completely embedding themselves into the architecture of the internet.  What’s more, it seems like so many people use it that I am brought back to it for business a lot of the time.  Some people are using it more than Linked In.  I am sort of sad, in a sense…. it just feels like the capitalistic value of compeition is at work here, and it is more of a steam roll effect.

# – My rant: I wholeheartedly disagree – twitter inherently allows the user to opt out of privacy. 
# I voice constant concern about Facebook – is the conversation meaningful? Do they book?

You know I quit facebook.  Sort of.  I hadn’t been able to explain why… oh wait, I sort of can explain why.  Maybe not in my own words…  I have had some humble coming to terms lately.  I don’t wish to admit the social networks I use, but most people don’t know them… yelp talk, tribe.net, 4chan (I am not sure I have laughed that hard in awhile, but beware).  Even Buzz seems to be working for me right now, even if it isn’t fit for purpose.  I understand the dopamine receptor seeking out new information and how that DAMNED infernal inbox number keeps climbing… I have filters in place and self control at hand, so it doesn’t seem to be an issue.  I also note the amount of earnest, interesting, compelling information and discussion, quite literally, DESTROYS Facebook.  We have tech talk, travel talk, philosophy talk…. all engaging a wide range of people from all walks of life, belief systems and locations around the world.  Like twitter, you start and opt in aware of openness, and you benefit from being exposed to so many different opinions, thoughts, and connections.  Facebook seems *so* irrelevant to me, and you have seen me rail on it in the past for architectural or logical structural issues.  I never worried about privacy, my profile is wide open.  But for those that *DO* worry about privacy in that context (which blows my mind because who in the hell expects any level of privacy on the intetrnet? Seriously… if you post that picture of you half naked or drunk and holding an illicit substance… you can’t be upset when a potential employer asks you about it.

But I have wondered what the hell is going on, and precisely why Facebook is a big problem now.  Beyond not creating meaningful interaction due to passive connections (people being friends out of proximity to each others in school hallways rather than based off interest or relevant topical info like a hobby, etc), it is trying to root itself deeper and deeper into the infrastructure of the web.

https://tbottle.com/tb/2010/04/30/facebook-vs-google-isnt-about-social-vs-search/

7 things to stop doing on FB. https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/2010/june/electronics-computers/social-insecurity/7-things-to-stop-doing-on-facebook/index.htm

https://www.google.com/buzz/chris.messina/G8w8jUVDfZW/Understanding-the-Open-Graph-Protocol
https://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/openlike_all-start_team_to_challenge_to_facebooks.php
https://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_centralization.php
https://www.azarask.in/blog/post/identity-in-the-browser-firefox/
https://gigaom.com/2010/04/21/facebook-makes-itself-a-central-point-of-failure-for-the-web/
https://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/09/14/the-web-at-a-new-crossroads/
https://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/04/23/privacy-issues-google-engineers-leaving-facebook-in-droves/
https://netgrowthgroup.com/blog/social-media/18-places-in-your-facebook-profile-where-your-privacy-may-be-at-risk/
https://searchengineland.com/matt-cutts-deactivates-facebook-account-40543?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+searchengineland+%28Search+Engine+Land%29
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/04/logins-for-sale-be-wary-of-facebook-friends-in-need.ars
https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362967,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000585
https://factoryjoe.com/blog/2010/04/23/what-i-like-about-facebooks-openness/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+factoryjoe+%28Chris+Messina+-+FactoryCity+Blog%29
https://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Resistance+futile+Facebook+assimilation/2946372/story.html
https://topnews.us/content/217973-facebook-privacy-joke
https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36755138/ns/technology_and_science/
https://www.pcworld.com/article/194866/facebooks_new_features_and_your_privacy_what_you_need_to_know.html
https://mashable.com/2010/04/23/hacker-facebook/
https://www.fastcompany.com/1624745/time-to-audit-your-facebook-privacy-settings
https://techcrunch.com/2010/04/23/exodus-movement-of-g-people-from-facebook-after-f8/

https://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16163396

https://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16167766

Also shows why FB is super duper dysfunctional:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/White-pepper/60807926519?ref=search&sid=1211590808.3584311691..1&v=wall

83 people liked white peppercorns. Massive conversation ensues.

Oh wait…. massive mindless clicking LIKE and zero participation is more like it.  Bout time for FB to publish info on TRUE interaction.

What Facebook got wrong is that friendship no longer needs to be relevant to geographic proximity. That’s archaic.
Using the FB HTML app I know how to alter tabs on pages… so I could easily add a booking tab or gift shop…. but powering it is something different. I don’t develop apps.  thoughts?

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So.. at Adtech 2010, some of the bleeding edge types were chatting about brand websites becoming irrelevant under the weight of social media like facebook, twitter, or blogs owning your brand through sheer keywords alone.  So in that, less people will be going to a hotel specific website in search of user pics or reviews.

 

Most social media, like Tripadvisor, has people launch into an OTA – losing revenue for the hotel by it not being a natively booked Reswave rezzie.

It is also noted that beyond hotel websites becoming less trafficked due to review sites and OTA’s, it is also widely accepted that it is much easier to drive revenue and interact with your population from the networks they already exist within… instead of trying to grab and drag eyes back to your website, you interact with your people in the forums they prefer….

In that, I am thinking we have tremendous opportunity for hotels to regain control of their inventory by creating booking apps for these social media sites.  We need to move into mobile and social booking prior to the OTA’s like expedia dominating that market.  For example, a book tab in Facebook, a booking link in yelp and tripadvisor (somehow), a link in the twitter bio, etc.

We could also add a tab for a “store” that could sell online gift certificates.

It is important to understand that we need to exist where the people are – and that the semantic web will redefine how we use the web.  I don’t think we can keep trying to pull people to our site….

so what do you think?  Is there a way to sell gift certs and put reswave in FB?

Let me know! =)

brutal movie read: https://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/techtonicshifts/archive/2010/05/13/as-facebook-takes-a-beating-a-brutal-movie-is-set-to-make-things-much-worse.aspx

Q&A gone wrong https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/facebook-executive-answers-reader-questions/

custom, targeted hotel deals on FB mobile? https://www.hotelmarketing.com/index.php/content/article/facebook_app_sends_consumers_custom_targeted_hotel_deals/
So that is my coffee riddled ramble. I don’t use messaging much on FB, but I guess that is the way of the walk…. I keep my finger on the pulse of the tech and social media tool universe, and I know FB is riddled with architecural and privacy problems.  But it seems to have proven the strength of the network effect… and that there is a point you can’t escape it.  I hope something else comes along, but it really is anchoring itself into the framework of the net.

sharing photos with close network

irrelevant disparity between old geo-extinct network.  groups, not people

vanity in sharing with strangers.. becomes like a shit show of reality tv

de-emphasizes meaningful, real interaction – remaining friends but hiding content? It’s asinine.  It destroys any legitimacy in interaction and possibility for commerce.

Their new privacy options?  Terrible.  The interactivity of pages – being able to share between them, or facilitate any meaningful communication – it’s all just dreadful.  Every time some business needs to post on their page, interact, share – it must feel like a nightmare of walking through syrup.

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