How is this any better than posting a private message? They are equally easy to use, you just go to someones Facebook page and click on either "Send X a message" or her wall. The only difference is the the former is private, while many others (not necessary your closest friends) can see the latter. If that is all that is to it, why have the latter anyway?
I assume private messages (e.g. emails) made perfect sense back then (6-7 years ago?). They were fast, easy to keep track of, and most important of all, private. But then someone must have said "We should create an inbox which is visible to people other than the owner."
What a radical idea! Why would anyone want to share their messages with others? The whole concept is much easier to digest now that we have seen it all, i.e. the significant breakthrough of social networking websites that provide this service. But I can a imagine it takes a true genius in social sciences to realize this potential for the first time.
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So you don't talk with a friend in parties? Do you whisper in his ear, or loudly talk to him so that others could join your conversation - for sake of socializing?
Well one could argue that whispering is in fact harder than talking out loud so they are not "equally easy to use".
But you're definitely right! "socializing" is an advantage which makes the whole "wall" idea work.
I'm just saying that coming up with this idea is quite something, knowing that in more classic means of communication, "messages" were designed to have specific destinations and privacy was a major concern.
and why "her" wall???
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