Facebook Added the option to comment on wall posts a few months ago. A cool idea, but some people don’t understand it’s purpose.
Here’s what commenting on an wall post was intended for:
Joe writes on bob’s wall: “Dude, I hope you had fun at the movie last night with Diana!” Jennie sees this and comments on the post saying: “Who is this Diana? I’ve never heard about her!”
In the past, Jennie would have had to make a new wall post, causing confusion and starting seemingly a new conversation, when really, she wanted to add to Joe’s comments.
Instead, some people have been using it as a way to carry out extensive conversations like an AIM or facebook chat session.
Here’s why using wall commenting is inefficient:
1) once someone has gone past 5 notifications, it doesn’t show up anymore on the bottom of the screen. So if you respond to their post by commenting on it rather than a wall-to-wall, there is a high chance they won’t ever know that you’ve responded, since not everyone stays up to date with their notifications. But everyone checks their profile once in a while, so you can be assured they’ll get it.
2) as you accumulate posting from apps and wall posts, the conversation will drop lower on your page, making it hard to see if the other person has responded. Using wall-to-wall keeps everything at the top.
3) Mobile versions of facebook, like the facebook iPhone app, do not support wall post comments (and the “Like” button). So people who use any version of facebook outside of a browser will never be able to read or respond to your wall post comment until they get to a computer.
I know this might sound anal and all, but have you ever seen crazy lane changers on the freeway or guys who rapidly press the elevator button? They’re technically not doing anything wrong, but it doesn’t save them any additional time, and it’s kind of annoying. It’s kind of like that.
Commenting on a wall post as a response to one is fine I guess, just not really what the feature is for. Just my 2 cents.
– Post From My iPhone
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