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Lesson: Public is Public
<box 35em round green> “Public means Public: visible to God, Google, and everybody.” </box|- Me, to dozens of product managers for many, many years.>
Background
Social media is tricky. Users ask for conflicting and logically inconsistent features for online interaction. This is usually the result of intersecting contexts. How LiveJournal got an Un-delete Journal button is a particularity telling example.
Companies want SEO - so search engines are your friend. Bloggers (journalers) want readers, the more the better Except the people they are saying non-pleasant things about. When those people ego-surf google, then read the posts and either leave wounded-comments, emails, or worse RL contact… DELETE! After friends help the user learn about FLOCKing, they return UNDELETE! Lots of overhead @ LiveJournal Button
Context Error: Personal vs. Global
Action Taken
Results
<box red| TBD>Presently anecdotal conclusion. Either replace this or confirm the details of this story with Matt Berardo @ LiveJournal.</box>
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