{"id":435,"date":"2011-09-25T17:24:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T17:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgurney.com\/whats_new_blog\/?p=435"},"modified":"2011-09-26T15:09:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T15:09:24","slug":"facebook-timeline-debuts-social","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulgurney.com\/whats_new_blog\/2011\/09\/facebook-timeline-debuts-social\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Timeline debuts. Social Overload."},"content":{"rendered":"

TechCrunch’s MG Siegler wrote<\/a> something this week that gave me pause:<\/p>\n

With the new Open Graph, you\u2019re sharing stuff as you do it. You don\u2019t have to think about it. You\u2019re listening to music on Spotify and it\u2019s being shared with your friends automatically in the Facebook Ticker. The only button you hit is \u201cplay\u201d.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

There\u2019s one massive problem in the social space: everyone is competing for the same user time. But most services compete by piling on features that erode that time even quicker.<\/strong><\/span> They\u2019re offering up services that if I use, it means I\u2019ll have even less time to actually enjoy life. That\u2019s not a sustainable model. Being \u201csocial\u201d online has become far too much work.<\/p>\n

Facebook has clearly been thinking about this problem. And now they have a way to tap the power of social without thinking about it.\u00a0That\u2019s the future of the space. It\u2019s not about needing a share button. It\u2019s about not<\/em> needing a share button.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given that none of us complain about having too much time on our hands, the investment<\/strong> we make into our social networks (twitter, facebook, grapemojo, orkut, flickr, netflix, and any other forum through which we share ourselves) can feel like it robs us of actually living “real life” outside, offline, away from the computer, with humans in the flesh. (Think about when you last said, “I had a great night out on Facebook last night.”<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Sure, we get satisfaction from posting, sharing, creating and commenting \u2014 but anything that reduces the time it takes to do this will be much appreciated.<\/p>\n

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TechCrunch’s MG Siegler wrote something this week that gave me pause: With the new Open Graph, you\u2019re sharing stuff as you do it. You don\u2019t have to think about it. You\u2019re listening to music on Spotify and it\u2019s being shared with your friends automatically in the Facebook Ticker. The only button you hit is \u201cplay\u201d. … <\/p>\n

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