Currently my Instagram social stream is being polluted with all kind of people I don't know or don't want to know thanks to Facebook's social integration. I shudder to think what would happen if Facebook would connect their social graph to a direct and intimate photo sharing service.
Ultimately two things are broken:
- Facebook's idea of what social is does not mesh with how most people see it. They seem to have huge problems dealing with non-public interactions and what that would mean for their business.
- Facebook's product design culture seems to have a hard time breaking out of the Silicon Valley bubble and adding stuff of relevance to actual people's day to day existence.
Ultimately two things are broken:
- Facebook's idea of what social is does not mesh with how most people see it. They seem to have huge problems dealing with non-public interactions and what that would mean for their business.
- Facebook's product design culture seems to have a hard time breaking out of the Silicon Valley bubble and adding stuff of relevance to actual people's day to day existence.