I haven't seen it and I'm part of the WVU, US Army and Pittsburgh networks.
Craig Bovis
· 1 year ago
I should think it was only rolled out to a select number of networks to test it's affect on the server load.
Its a feature that is going to be used a hell of a lot as soon as it is released so they need to gauge what sort of resources its going to need.
I guess they figured releasing to the original universities was a nice way of selecting who got first access in this test environment.
Nick O'Neill
· 1 year ago
@Craig , definitely understandable ...
Anon
· 1 year ago
I don't think it'll be as successful as Gmail chat.
It feels strange to leave it on hours at a time, as you would with Gmail chat. It feels like you're somehow sending the message to your friends that you've got nothing better to do with your time then to sit around on Facebook all day.
I've always viewed Facebook as a guilty pleasure that everyone does. However, I don't feel comfortable advertising how much a participate in this guilty pleasure to everyone, or even increasing the amount of time spent on it.
Jeffrey
· 1 year ago
"Elitist" is kind of harsh. They're running a business, not a national park. For big new products like chat, I'd much rather they rabbit-test the stuff on unsuspecting college students before unleashing it on the site at large.
Dave Ambrose
· 1 year ago
Middlebury was also in that list.
Raymond Rouf
· 1 year ago
That Crimson article was lame. They quoted people who don't even use chat programs.
Eric Dewhirst
· 1 year ago
@Craig - I totally agree - test to friendly first adopters and then fix - then roll out to the masses.
I am intrigued to figure out what revenue model they might try to put in with this chat feature. Perhaps sponsored chat windows? Integration with their flyer program? Who knows - should be interesting.
Cheers - Eric
boodalicious
· 1 year ago
Nick - you didn't go to Harvard or one of those "Elitist" schools? How come?
Nick O'Neill
· 1 year ago
@boodalicious that's a very good question ... I could give you the real answer or just tell you that I was too elite for the elitists ... i prefer to keep it at that ;)
Is your name really boodalicious btw?
Guest
· 1 year ago
Delaware got it today. It looks terrible across the bottom and is more annoying than anything else. I wish it would go away.
Rosario Doriott
· 1 year ago
Yale was also included. Maybe they're mimicking the original Facebook --open only to Ivy League and similar? For a short time.
mojaam
· 1 year ago
It's seems unnecessary to me. Just like Flickr adding video.
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Its a feature that is going to be used a hell of a lot as soon as it is released so they need to gauge what sort of resources its going to need.
I guess they figured releasing to the original universities was a nice way of selecting who got first access in this test environment.
It feels strange to leave it on hours at a time, as you would with Gmail chat. It feels like you're somehow sending the message to your friends that you've got nothing better to do with your time then to sit around on Facebook all day.
I've always viewed Facebook as a guilty pleasure that everyone does. However, I don't feel comfortable advertising how much a participate in this guilty pleasure to everyone, or even increasing the amount of time spent on it.
I am intrigued to figure out what revenue model they might try to put in with this chat feature. Perhaps sponsored chat windows? Integration with their flyer program? Who knows - should be interesting.
Cheers - Eric
Is your name really boodalicious btw?