Comments on: Stalking by Slider: Facebook Updates News Feeds http://fstutzman.com/2006/11/15/stalking-by-slider-facebook-updates-news-feeds/ Thoughts about information, social networks, and privacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: barstu http://fstutzman.com/2006/11/15/stalking-by-slider-facebook-updates-news-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 barstu Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:29:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=341#comment-1018 I think having friend groups is the answer, similar to flickr where you have friends and familiy and you can decide which group sees what. Ideally you should be able to create as many groups as possible and call them what you want e.g. work mates, parents friends etc. Then you should be able give them permissions accordingly e.g. you might not want work mates and parents mates to see your Glastonbury photos. Obviously the reverse of this would be the ability to state you don't really want to hear absolutely everything about your 'friends I said hello to once at a party' group. I think having friend groups is the answer, similar to flickr where you have friends and familiy and you can decide which group sees what. Ideally you should be able to create as many groups as possible and call them what you want e.g. work mates, parents friends etc. Then you should be able give them permissions accordingly e.g. you might not want work mates and parents mates to see your Glastonbury photos. Obviously the reverse of this would be the ability to state you don’t really want to hear absolutely everything about your ‘friends I said hello to once at a party’ group.

]]> By: Zack Exley http://fstutzman.com/2006/11/15/stalking-by-slider-facebook-updates-news-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Zack Exley Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:55:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=341#comment-416 Explanation of the stipends: <br/><br/>$300 travel grants to broke-ass activists and organizers so they can get to the DC rootscamp and participate. *It's important* -- otherwise we'd have all rich kids and established politicos. <br/><br/>"Plenary" pitch: <br/><br/>I didn't see that that had been added, we nixed it right when Fred brought it to my attention. But now I hear that this has been done at many barcamps. <br/><br/>The "invite-only" thing -- i.e. holding spaces open for certain kinds of people -- has also been done at many bar camps, I'm coming to learn. It's just not done openly and transparently. Do Barcamps turn away directors of big companies after they're full? I bet not. Do they let in the grunts after they're full? I wonder how often. We're saving spaces for the grunts. Explanation of the stipends:

$300 travel grants to broke-ass activists and organizers so they can get to the DC rootscamp and participate. *It’s important* — otherwise we’d have all rich kids and established politicos.

“Plenary” pitch:

I didn’t see that that had been added, we nixed it right when Fred brought it to my attention. But now I hear that this has been done at many barcamps.

The “invite-only” thing — i.e. holding spaces open for certain kinds of people — has also been done at many bar camps, I’m coming to learn. It’s just not done openly and transparently. Do Barcamps turn away directors of big companies after they’re full? I bet not. Do they let in the grunts after they’re full? I wonder how often. We’re saving spaces for the grunts.

]]> By: Fred Stutzman http://fstutzman.com/2006/11/15/stalking-by-slider-facebook-updates-news-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Fred Stutzman Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:11:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=341#comment-413 That is a good question. From what I've seen, the qualification of friendship is a cultrually dictated process. On some campuses (and inside groups on these campuses) people qualify at very high levels. On others, people don't do it as much. However I do think it is a popular enough practice that the situation you describe could be quite useful. That is a good question. From what I’ve seen, the qualification of friendship is a cultrually dictated process. On some campuses (and inside groups on these campuses) people qualify at very high levels. On others, people don’t do it as much. However I do think it is a popular enough practice that the situation you describe could be quite useful.

]]> By: Jackson http://fstutzman.com/2006/11/15/stalking-by-slider-facebook-updates-news-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Jackson Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:32:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=341#comment-412 So here's a question -- how many users in Facebook qualify their friendships? That is, how many fill in the "how do you know this person" info? It seems to me that Facebook could use that data as another dimension for filtering information in the feeds. I could say something like "filter out everyone I worked with at XX" or "show lots of info for people I went to school with". All of this information is (potentially) available. So here’s a question — how many users in Facebook qualify their friendships? That is, how many fill in the “how do you know this person” info? It seems to me that Facebook could use that data as another dimension for filtering information in the feeds. I could say something like “filter out everyone I worked with at XX” or “show lots of info for people I went to school with”. All of this information is (potentially) available.

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