| I can, though. It's built into FB's newsfeed algo. I interact with family and friends I don't often see for geographical reasons quite often on FB. Unfortunately, Zuck et al make the erroneous assumption that this means I care about their daily goings-on. I don't. My FB feed currently consists of: 1) Instagram pictures from a friend I've known since birth 2) Location checkins from someone I have good banter with but haven't seen in 10 years 3) My cousin's wife talking about getting hammered tonight 4) An ecard 5) Somebody getting tagged. Conversely, my G+ feed consist of: 1) The same photographer friend, but with better pics 2) Tim O'Reilly talking about MakerCamp 3) Zach Weiner posting an SMBC comic 4) Some random doing something I don't care about 5) Matt Cutts explaining a change in spam detection behaviour. In short, G+ makes me want to come back because there's interesting stuff to see. FB makes me want to come back so I don't lose touch with some people I care about. |
If you had two Facebook accounts, one for your close friends and family, and another for interests, would it be any better?
I'm not sure if there is a G+ algo. If you aren't the stalking kind on Facebook, and don't interact with certain people - then some of your acquaintances end up out of sight. And sometimes the wrong ones end up in plain sight.
Both platforms would benefit from a 'turn this person down switch.'