[scrame]

yeah, was also more annoying to use. it read trying to solve the problem of broadcasting everything to everyone, so it had this concept of circles, whereas Twitter people WANT everyone to see everything they say, either for like or conflict. Facebook was similar, but you could throw sheep at your friend/girl you liked, and it might be ambiguous.

plus made you define your social circles as literal "circles", that's not the MySpace top 8, or Seinfeld speed dial.

plus might have just been the right tech for the wrong model.

[autoexec]

> Facebook was similar, but you could throw sheep at your friend/girl you liked, and it might be ambiguous.

Throwing sheep is an idiom I'm unfamiliar with and urban dictionary isn't helping (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=throw%20a%20...) what does it mean in this context?

I liked the idea of circles. It solves the problem of having to create multiple accounts (one for work, one for friends, one for parents, etc) that a lot of people were doing on facebook/insta so that they didn't have to self-censor as much. People don't always want to broadcast a night of drugs and drinking to your employer or your Mom but still want to send photos of your wild night out to your friends.

[nos482]

Not an idiom, it was an alternative to the "poke" https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/throw-a-shee...

[autoexec]

Thanks! I would never have guessed that. Facebook seems like a strange place.

[Jerrrry]

>Throwing sheep is an idiom I'm unfamiliar with

He likely meant "throwing shade."

[AlbertCory]

One wonders what "throwing sheep" would actually mean, as slang.

is it similar to "being pwned"?