Comments on: Those *aren’t* my friends http://yardley.ca/2007/12/17/those-arent-my-friends/ greg yardley on online product management Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:04:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: peter caputa http://yardley.ca/2007/12/17/those-arent-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 peter caputa Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:07:47 +0000 http://yardley.ca/merge/?p=476#comment-1082 Thanks goodness I'm not that person. What a relief! Have a good Holidays Greg! We should catch up in the New Year. I tried calling you on my ride home last night. I have 3 numbers in my phone. None of them work for you anymore. That's a solid sign that it's been too long since we caught up. Tootles. And I understand what you're saying with the google thing. What I do like about it, though, is that it is an implicit social network - which I think is the ultimate future. I don't collect people like equally valuable baseball cards. Email USUALLY reflects who I really interact with. I think google just needs to identify frequency and maybe provide some "opt this person off of my friend list" abilities. Otherwise, I think they are right on track. Thanks goodness I’m not that person. What a relief!

Have a good Holidays Greg!

We should catch up in the New Year. I tried calling you on my ride home last night. I have 3 numbers in my phone. None of them work for you anymore. That’s a solid sign that it’s been too long since we caught up.

Tootles.

And I understand what you’re saying with the google thing.

What I do like about it, though, is that it is an implicit social network – which I think is the ultimate future. I don’t collect people like equally valuable baseball cards. Email USUALLY reflects who I really interact with. I think google just needs to identify frequency and maybe provide some “opt this person off of my friend list” abilities. Otherwise, I think they are right on track.

]]> By: Privacy Debate Ongoing - Google’s Turn http://yardley.ca/2007/12/17/those-arent-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Privacy Debate Ongoing - Google’s Turn Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:59:30 +0000 http://yardley.ca/merge/?p=476#comment-1083 [...] friends are and surfacing that information in ways that are unexpected to some like our friend, Greg Yardley (well, Rob’s friend [...] [...] friends are and surfacing that information in ways that are unexpected to some like our friend, Greg Yardley (well, Rob’s friend [...]

]]> By: admin http://yardley.ca/2007/12/17/those-arent-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 admin Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:07:01 +0000 http://yardley.ca/merge/?p=476#comment-1085 Heh - Pete, wrong gender. :) Heh – Pete, wrong gender. :)

]]> By: peter caputa http://yardley.ca/2007/12/17/those-arent-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 peter caputa Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:49:32 +0000 http://yardley.ca/merge/?p=476#comment-1084 I never understood why you weren't speaking to me anymore. But, atleast it's nice to know now. I'll be removing you from all my friends lists, then you won't have to worry about it. How's that, jerk? I never understood why you weren’t speaking to me anymore. But, atleast it’s nice to know now. I’ll be removing you from all my friends lists, then you won’t have to worry about it. How’s that, jerk?

]]> By: Anne Cloudman http://yardley.ca/2007/12/17/those-arent-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Anne Cloudman Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:50:02 +0000 http://yardley.ca/merge/?p=476#comment-1088 Ahhhh... so it's more the assumption and applied nomenclature that irks you. I get it. And besides, it's not like they'd automatically share your google calendar with your "friends" shouldn't the same privacy be applied to your greader? Ahhhh… so it’s more the assumption and applied nomenclature that irks you. I get it. And besides, it’s not like they’d automatically share your google calendar with your “friends” shouldn’t the same privacy be applied to your greader?

]]> By: admin http://yardley.ca/2007/12/17/those-arent-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1087 admin Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:01:44 +0000 http://yardley.ca/merge/?p=476#comment-1087 It shuts off the sharing, Anne, which is no big deal because I didn't share anything anyway. But it doesn't remove them as my friends, which is the little bit of irritating that tells me Google doesn't quite 'get it'. It shuts off the sharing, Anne, which is no big deal because I didn’t share anything anyway. But it doesn’t remove them as my friends, which is the little bit of irritating that tells me Google doesn’t quite ‘get it’.

]]> By: Anne Cloudman http://yardley.ca/2007/12/17/those-arent-my-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Anne Cloudman Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:31:58 +0000 http://yardley.ca/merge/?p=476#comment-1086 The "hide" option under Settings-->Friends seems to work, no? The “hide” option under Settings–>Friends seems to work, no?

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