In updating my Facebook status I usually just make funny statements — I think they’re funny. But I asked this morning via mobile “where is the best burger in the Bay Area?”:
In about 5 or so minutes I got four responses, all of which were pretty good. I imagine I’ll get a bunch more later today.
Using the Facebook status update as a Q&A tool just requires a bit of a “cultural shift.” But there are lots of tools in Facebook to get recommendations or answers from people.
I wonder how many people use Facebook for advice like this, whether it’s about burgers or more serious/considered matters?
Advertisement
March 13, 2009 at 3:10 pm |
I use Twitter to ask questions all the time, which gets posted to my Facebook account via an app. I guess that sort of counts
March 13, 2009 at 3:19 pm |
Do you get good answers?
March 13, 2009 at 3:29 pm |
Our Praized Answers service and platform allows users to ask a local question like the burger one and broadcast it to social networks like Twitter and Facebook. The question comes with a przd.com short-form URL to enable collection of answers on a single page. Answers are good because you’re tapping your network of “friends”, people you can trust.
March 13, 2009 at 3:37 pm |
Thanks Sebastien. Was unaware of the feature
March 13, 2009 at 3:39 pm |
I do it all the time. It’s fast, and more personalized to your tastes than Yelp recommendations. It’s great for help with technical problems too, like “…is wondering how to turn off digg notifications” and such.
March 13, 2009 at 7:37 pm |
Greg,
The intersection of your social graph and transactional intent is an area that is under-served.
And a service that directs answers to questions like the one you posed through your status is exactly what Where I’ve Been has been building for the last year. Let me know if you’d like to see a demo of our service – love to hear your thoughts.
Best,
Brian Harniman