Comments on: Choices when Designing for Social – Renaming allowed? http://spreadingfunkyness.com/choices-when-designing-for-social-renaming-allowed/ RIAbilitating the Internet with web apps, ria, iphone and ipad apps. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:31:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Cesare http://spreadingfunkyness.com/choices-when-designing-for-social-renaming-allowed/comment-page-1/#comment-9261 Cesare Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:03:11 +0000 http://spreadingfunkyness.com/?p=288#comment-9261 Well, in my particular case the group was not focused on business, it was just a leisure group, like "the newyorkers". I was upset by the change of purpose, not the change of the name. My concern is more related to the design: can I call "well-designed" a system which allows questionable behavior? My answer is no. Before the "social wave" we have been using newgroups, which never allowed such a behavior, for - in my opinion -they are well designed. Well, in my particular case the group was not focused on business, it was just a leisure group, like “the newyorkers”. I was upset by the change of purpose, not the change of the name.
My concern is more related to the design: can I call “well-designed” a system which allows questionable behavior? My answer is no.
Before the “social wave” we have been using newgroups, which never allowed such a behavior, for – in my opinion -they are well designed.

]]> By: lindsay http://spreadingfunkyness.com/choices-when-designing-for-social-renaming-allowed/comment-page-1/#comment-9236 lindsay Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:28:34 +0000 http://spreadingfunkyness.com/?p=288#comment-9236 I really think you are over reacting. They probably allowed the renaming of groups because intitially, groups were the best way to create a business presence on facebook. Businesses LEGITIMATELY change names.. think about the millions of requests they might get for name changes because their company changes, merged, etc. If the group changes it's name AND it's focus, its up to the users to simply click a button. You aren't permanently attached to that group.. they dont get to forcibly keep you there.. yes, it might be shady to build a community on a pretence of one thing and change it involve a completely different area of business, but thats the group owner's choice.. don't like it? Make your own group and invite other group members! People can VERY easily change the focus of a group without changing a name.. there is no reason why this business owner couldn't have left the groups name and changed the way he displayed content.. wouldn't that have been equally as frustrating? I really think you are over reacting. They probably allowed the renaming of groups because intitially, groups were the best way to create a business presence on facebook. Businesses LEGITIMATELY change names.. think about the millions of requests they might get for name changes because their company changes, merged, etc.

If the group changes it’s name AND it’s focus, its up to the users to simply click a button. You aren’t permanently attached to that group.. they dont get to forcibly keep you there.. yes, it might be shady to build a community on a pretence of one thing and change it involve a completely different area of business, but thats the group owner’s choice.. don’t like it? Make your own group and invite other group members!

People can VERY easily change the focus of a group without changing a name.. there is no reason why this business owner couldn’t have left the groups name and changed the way he displayed content.. wouldn’t that have been equally as frustrating?

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