Facebook: I Love You – I Hate You (Part I)
Dear Facebook:
We’ve been spending a lot of time together recently. I think we should finally open up and be honest. While I love so much about you, you drive me crazy. And here’s why…
Over the past 13 years working in web development, I’ve planned and managed over 50 large, content management system/database driven websites. If [...]
Why Does Social Media Hurt My Eyes?
Answer? Organization.
Social media systems offer amazing new ways for people to connect, share and collaborate. Many of these I simply can’t live without. But for as much as I heart shiny Web 2.0 icons, the actual page structures and visual organization of social media sites drive me crazy. They’re hurting my ability to convince intelligent [...]
How About a Social Media Karma Algorithm?
I keep pondering the merits of a social media karma rating system. I’m a big advocate of letting community standards be established by the community itself. So once it’s set up, a karma rating system would automatically run itself (behind the scenes) based on community member activities and behavior.
Print PDF
Why does social media need karma ratings?
The problem with socially-oriented websites in the past was ever-present bully who reigned supreme over your beloved newsgroup (old school!) or message board. You know this person: Always online with a vicious, contrarian viewpoint just for the sake of mixing things up. They bend statistics, use questionable logic and half-truths (at best). But since the [...]
