Lauren, hi, I just wondered, when you said: At 11:01 AM -0800 11/29/05, air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:
On a design note, it's interesting that sites like Facebook and Myspace enable this kind of discourse by providing "comments" or "wall posts" that don't have to be approved or moderated by the user whose profile it is - whereas this wouldn't be possible on Friendster because users have to approve testimonials before they appear.
Lauren
Were you sure or did I misinterpret? My observation of myspace suggests that people have to be "friends" of the person to post comments. Is that just an option, or a feature of the place? Also, in the linked article, only the friends commented on the person in Facebook, I believe. Would you elaborate? Interesting stuff, in any case. thanks, andee