13 Comments »One year ago I posted about how Facebook should open up the “How I Know You” box that pops up when friends are confirmed. At the time I suggested Facebook add one more checkbox which says “Other”. It appears that Facebook has made the update and they’ve also removed a number of other options. Based on the changes, Facebook may no longer like users meeting people directly through the site. Instead, they prefer that people accurately portray their real world connections.
I think that this is a great change for Facebook but I also think that it still isn’t completely efficient. Can you truly group the way that you met someone into 9 categories? If you’ve used Salesforce.com, you’d know that Salesforce enables you to write custom notes about how you met someone. I think that a similar solution on Facebook would also be effective. The other thing that I don’t understand about the “How Do You Know …” dialog box is that this is the only time you see this information.
I have yet to find a page where you can view these details once you’ve entered them. Let me know if you can find a page where you can view it. At this point this information appears to be viewable only by the people at Facebook and not by the users. I believe you might be able to view it via the friend timeline but as I remember, that page was recently removed. In my own opinion Facebook friend lists are the best way to keep track of how you know people. Do you think these changes are useful? Do you know of a location where you can view how you know your friends?
The info is also viewed in your list of friends (or anyone elses for that matter) when you click on a friend to make it open up larger.
You can see this information in your friends list. Just click on “Friends” at the top, click on the picture (or somewhere in that box that's not a link) of a friend for whom you've added these details, and then in the information that comes up will be a field called “Details.”
I noticed they removed “Met randomly,” although if you used that field (I used to use it to write funny stories about my friends), then that still appears under “Details.”
Click “Friends” in the main navigation. Click the little maximize icon on the right side of each friend listing to pull up details.
Oh, and it did use to show up in the “Friends Timeline” but only for information which included a date, but, yes, the “Friends Timeline” is gone now.
The info is also viewed in your list of friends (or anyone elses for that matter) when you click on a friend to make it open up larger.
You can see this information in your friends list. Just click on “Friends” at the top, click on the picture (or somewhere in that box that’s not a link) of a friend for whom you’ve added these details, and then in the information that comes up will be a field called “Details.”
I noticed they removed “Met randomly,” although if you used that field (I used to use it to write funny stories about my friends), then that still appears under “Details.”
Click “Friends” in the main navigation. Click the little maximize icon on the right side of each friend listing to pull up details.
Oh, and it did use to show up in the “Friends Timeline” but only for information which included a date, but, yes, the “Friends Timeline” is gone now.
Also, if you go to the Friends page, you can click the “More” tab, and find friends based on that information. For example, it will show “coursemates” or “family members” in the drop-down list if you have Facebook friends that belong to those categories.
Also, if you go to the Friends page, you can click the “More” tab, and find friends based on that information. For example, it will show “coursemates” or “family members” in the drop-down list if you have Facebook friends that belong to those categories.
You can also view it by going to the friends list and selecting the 'more' tab. Therein you can sort the information by those metrics.
You can also view it by going to the friends list and selecting the ‘more’ tab. Therein you can sort the information by those metrics.
i think they have just changed it.. i cant find it at all now.
seems they are pushing this lists thing. which.. i find stupid. you meet random people.. its good to have “notes” of who they are and why theyre on your list.