
I am sure we all have realised that there is so much 'useless' content/trash/jibberjabber on Facebook (not pointing any fingers, but I really do not wish to know of how some of you folk like to spend every other minute of your day - I grunt at you!), not only does it consume a ridiculous amount of data but also more personally fills a precious and very limited storage device, my brain. (another AI research idea for Facebook - decipher what is useful content and what is not, and de-prioritise it to appear on a feed, seriously Mark on a bit of roll here son).
So here is my formidable strategy - introduce a 'who viewed me' feature (obviously not borrowed from LinkedIn) because:
- stalking/trolling profiles will dramatically drop (as a result maybe even seeing a reduction in pedophilia, rape, murder, etc etc)
- people will start to produce better quality content as they are conscious of that if they want more viewers to their profile, they need interesting and engaging content.
- this would actually be a good algorithm to add to the whose profiles are shown on feeds, as people with better content, will get more likes + profile views = they have EARNED the right to appear on people's news feeds (remembering my precious storage device..)
- a good way to rank content on your/bing search enginge, better content means higher ranking
I think those are some pretty darn good logical and more importantly sustainable reasons to at least do a bit of A/B trialing with! makes you go hmmm..?
What do you think?
If you think it is a good idea please comment :)
I think that, no matter how much quality lies within this idea the initial idea, what made Facebook so strong was the fact that it was giving the ability to everyone to become the "ex/future-girlfriend/boyfriend/colleague" spy!. By revealing who the spy is, Facebook would have people controlling more rationally what they are sharing and with who, and from what I have seen till now, this is not Marc's point.
ReplyDeleteFor sure though, this change could be a quality-vaccine in our daily on-line lives!
Keep up with the good posts!
Ta Mike ;)
ReplyDeleteBut do you ever think that your brain is getting filled up with rubbish?