Comments on: Facebook is a Dinner Party - MySpace is a Rave http://facereviews.com/2007/12/27/facebook-is-a-dinner-party-myspace-is-a-rave/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:46:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Thomas Williams http://facereviews.com/2007/12/27/facebook-is-a-dinner-party-myspace-is-a-rave/#comment-28933 Thomas Williams Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:54:32 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/12/27/facebook-is-a-dinner-party-myspace-is-a-rave/#comment-28933 G'day Rodney - your analogy is spot on. Probably the easiest way to describe it to my non-techie mates as well (although I wonder how many of them will then go for MySpace...sigh...) Cheers, Thomas G’day Rodney - your analogy is spot on. Probably the easiest way to describe it to my non-techie mates as well (although I wonder how many of them will then go for MySpace…sigh…)

Cheers,

Thomas

]]> By: Sebastian Gard http://facereviews.com/2007/12/27/facebook-is-a-dinner-party-myspace-is-a-rave/#comment-28932 Sebastian Gard Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:39:40 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/12/27/facebook-is-a-dinner-party-myspace-is-a-rave/#comment-28932 With all of my work collegues getitng on Facebook, I have another analogy for you. The old skool networking sites like LinkedIn are like meeting up with people on the floor of a trade show, and Facebook is like getting drunk with your collegues after work - every day. With all of my work collegues getitng on Facebook, I have another analogy for you. The old skool networking sites like LinkedIn are like meeting up with people on the floor of a trade show, and Facebook is like getting drunk with your collegues after work - every day.

]]> By: Mari Smith http://facereviews.com/2007/12/27/facebook-is-a-dinner-party-myspace-is-a-rave/#comment-28095 Mari Smith Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:30:12 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/12/27/facebook-is-a-dinner-party-myspace-is-a-rave/#comment-28095 Great analogy, Rodney. Makes lots of sense to me - I get a headache every time I even look at the home page of MySpace as it's so darn busy. :) I never did do much with my own profile over the years either. Mind you, there are a lot of professionals and celebrities on MySpace - don't know how active they all are - so it's maybe not quite a rave to them. But on the dinner party side, sometimes a (large) excitable dinner group can turn into quite a cacophony... that's the extraneous notifications, requests, pokes, etc. I call visual noise. I tend to hit the ignore button 90% of the time as Tom indicates. Great analogy, Rodney. Makes lots of sense to me - I get a headache every time I even look at the home page of MySpace as it’s so darn busy. :) I never did do much with my own profile over the years either.

Mind you, there are a lot of professionals and celebrities on MySpace - don’t know how active they all are - so it’s maybe not quite a rave to them.

But on the dinner party side, sometimes a (large) excitable dinner group can turn into quite a cacophony… that’s the extraneous notifications, requests, pokes, etc. I call visual noise. I tend to hit the ignore button 90% of the time as Tom indicates.

]]> By: Tom Krieglstein http://facereviews.com/2007/12/27/facebook-is-a-dinner-party-myspace-is-a-rave/#comment-27772 Tom Krieglstein Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:48:37 +0000 http://facereviews.com/2007/12/27/facebook-is-a-dinner-party-myspace-is-a-rave/#comment-27772 To carry the analogy further - Each FB app is an entree plate and the person to the right and left of me keep passing me too many plates, most of which I don't want, but every once in a while I see an entree I like and put it on my plate. To carry the analogy further - Each FB app is an entree plate and the person to the right and left of me keep passing me too many plates, most of which I don’t want, but every once in a while I see an entree I like and put it on my plate.

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