New Google Groups “Overly-Social”?
To me, these new Facebook Group features seem the perfect medium for those huddled conversations among groups of friends who hang out together already and have a rapport and/or common interests the feel a need to talk about.
It’s like the modern-day office water-cooler area. People are comparing it to Wave or Buzz, and it has some similarities. But he quick and easy way you can jump in or out without feeling to the need to learn a new conversation style or technology make it easier to adopt. And the fact that Facebook is already the digital meeting location of choice means you don’t need to drag people to the service to get them to participate might just be the tipping point that makes this more successful.
“Overly-Social” (exactly my memories of the water-cooler experience. But that DIDN’T stop it from happening!)
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the new Facebook Groups. It seems well-thought-out (yes, despite the sometimes annoying opt-out aspect) and well-implemented, but I’m just not sure what my use case for it is going to be. I want to use it, but I can’t figure out a reason to just yet.
If Google Wave was overly-ambitious, Facebook Groups may be overly-socialRead more at techcrunch.com
