my list of things ning migrators will mkiss
Ning To Jamroom
"Can you define the difference between 'friends' and 'followers'? I aways though they were pretty well the same thing.
Facebook has 'friends', and when you are one, you get to see your friend's activities pretty well the same as followers do here. "
On JR, I 'followed' you Paul. But I then go to your page and I can't leave a freidnly comment or question to get your attention or response, I see no place to send you a private message, I can't see your whole list of friends, just a few. And I don't seem to be getting notifications of your latest activities and posts (maybe I'm missing something- or are there no settings for getting email notifications of my 'friends' new activities?).
On your 'profile page' I would expect to see your member photos, videos you may have posted, your blog entries, your personal music clips or playlist, a list of the site Groups you belong to, discussions or forums you have created, and your little bio description about yourself. In short, I see nothing more when I go to your profile page that I don't also see on Pam Givens' profile page- and I have not 'followed' her yet. I'm missing the ability to actually be a 'friend'.
The other thing is, when one requests being someone's firend, that person has to accept it before the two people are 'firends' and can send private messages. This is good, because I feel uneasy when I see a whole bunch of strangers 'following' me. I'd rather have that choice presented to me so I can decide whether or not to include someone in my list of friends that I can interact privately with. It's a much more 'friendly' system than the rather impersonal FB system. Again, I am talking about a social network that has a theme that brings people together to actively interact and share, not a more blog-like 'network' where followers watching passively. hope this helps.
updated by @strumelia: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM
