Comments on: Facebook Consolidates Request Notifications

By: Samuel

Samuel — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:14:35 +0000

Mike, I added ”the friends” application…that s great!

By: Samuel

Samuel — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:14:35 +0000

Mike, I added ''the friends'' application…that s great!

By: Jesse Farmer

Jesse Farmer — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:08:36 +0000

I don’t see why developers would be upset by this. I see no reason a priori why this would negatively impact their invite conversion rate.

Think about what’s happening: I see I have “10 requests” but I have no idea what. Maybe they’re useful, maybe they’re not. So I click and scan the list.

Now I’m in a situation where I’m evaluating requests one-by-one in the expanded form. So, e.g., I might see my best friend invited me to some app. Before I’d just see the app until I clicked through, now I don’t see even see that.

By: Jesse Farmer

Jesse Farmer — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:08:36 +0000

I don't see why developers would be upset by this. I see no reason a priori why this would negatively impact their invite conversion rate.

Think about what's happening: I see I have “10 requests” but I have no idea what. Maybe they're useful, maybe they're not. So I click and scan the list.

Now I'm in a situation where I'm evaluating requests one-by-one in the expanded form. So, e.g., I might see my best friend invited me to some app. Before I'd just see the app until I clicked through, now I don't see even see that.

By: Jeremy Herbel

Jeremy Herbel — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:06:54 +0000

This is an excellent move, and long overdue. A constant complaint I heard from people was the clutter of all the requests coming in. There was an animosity building towards the entire platform simply because people were sick of being bombarded by these requests. If the requests aren’t seen as such a nuisance anymore, it will help build more goodwill toward the platform…or so I think.

By: Justin Thorp

Justin Thorp — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:16:37 +0000

Whoa. You have 227 FB friend request.

By: Jeremy Herbel

Jeremy Herbel — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:06:54 +0000

This is an excellent move, and long overdue. A constant complaint I heard from people was the clutter of all the requests coming in. There was an animosity building towards the entire platform simply because people were sick of being bombarded by these requests. If the requests aren't seen as such a nuisance anymore, it will help build more goodwill toward the platform…or so I think.

By: Justin Thorp

Justin Thorp — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:16:37 +0000

Whoa. You have 227 FB friend request.

By: Scott Bradley

Scott Bradley — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:05:48 +0000

I like the change.

It keeps the main home screen clean.

With all the application requests. It was getting too cluttered for me.

By: Scott Bradley

Scott Bradley — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:05:48 +0000

I like the change.

It keeps the main home screen clean.

With all the application requests. It was getting too cluttered for me.