tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314876008291942531.post1892319672940489825..comments2024-01-14T00:36:43.430-08:00Comments on Antonio Gulli's coding playground: Why Facebook should work on a social graph based e-bay engineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314876008291942531.post-58085286389325464692010-09-17T10:54:02.820-07:002010-09-17T10:54:02.820-07:00My view: when you buy a new camera and you are not...My view: when you buy a new camera and you are not an expert you probably will go and ask the help of your friend who has the hobby of pictures and cameras. This happens almost in all the situations.<br /><br />I agree that this types of updates should be separted from the rests. Exactly like happens with the game updates right now.codingplaygroundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478993186814330588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314876008291942531.post-37225221939800645752010-09-16T06:58:47.230-07:002010-09-16T06:58:47.230-07:00Problem is, a lot of people in facebook are there ...Problem is, a lot of people in facebook are there to interact with the people that we know. That's why we use our real identity in it, which is validated by our connections in the graph.<br /><br />Sometimes you don't want to mix business with life. If you wanted to implement an auction system like eBay on that graph that'd mean that you'd have to be transparent, or have yet another layer of what you share and what you don't (Friends, Others, Buyers) Only then I think it'd make sense. My concern is crazy angry customers coming to your house and harming you. When I go to a store and buy something from it, I don't need to know anything about the personal life of the owner, or the employees of that store, you deal with a company and you go there for it's reputation, the same thing with eBay, you deal with sellers and their reputation. This system seems to work pretty well, I don't care what they do with their personal lives as long as their responsible in shipping and giving what they promise.<br /><br />The more I think about it, it doesn't make sense. It would turn facebook in a place where your friends are selling you things all the time, extremely annoying.Gubatronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635778263252613707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314876008291942531.post-72689498195764811952010-09-13T12:57:16.319-07:002010-09-13T12:57:16.319-07:00Microsoft tried something like this back in 2005
...Microsoft tried something like this back in 2005<br /><br />http://glinden.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-fremont-is-impressive.html<br /><br />but the implementation, in typical Microsoft fashion, was lacking in ease of use. You're right that Facebook might be able to do a better job there.Greg Lindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.com