The best place to be when a significant event is unfolding, whether that be the Hudson plane crash or a Facebook product launch, is Twitter. The real-time stream of updates provide an immediate handle on how the world interprets the event.
And this is what the world thought about Facebook’s Graph Search announcement…
BBC’s Rory Cellan-Jones was immediately underwhelmed
So Zuckerberg has announced not web search but “Graph Search” – which means only stuff shared with you on Facebook. Excited? Ummmm..
— Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) January 15, 2013
But he soon changed his tune
Now that is cool – Zuck shows us how you can search for “friends who like fencing and live in Palo Alto…”
— Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) January 15, 2013
Robert Scoble, technology blogger and evangelist, managed to find some interesting search results
Want a list of current Twitter employees? Facebook does that very efficiently with new graph search: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid…
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) January 16, 2013
Angel investor Peter Shankman took a long term view of things
Remember getting busted in junior high and being told it’s on your permanent record? Welcome to Facebook Graph Search.
— Peter Shankman (@petershankman) January 15, 2013
Rory Carroll, The Guardian’s reporter at the event, kept us abreast of some early search results
Top TV shows liked by doctors: Grey’s Anatomy, House, The doctors. Software engineers most like Big Bang Theory. Not sure this reassuring.
— Rory Carroll (@rorycarroll72) January 15, 2013
Bars in dublin liked by people in Dublin: Lillies Bordello, Grafton Lounge, Whelan’s. Ooh, hold the front page.
— Rory Carroll (@rorycarroll72) January 15, 2013
Many of the world found the whole thing a little creepy
So Facebook search only works if you tell FB everything about you … that should work out well #creepy
— Michael Gray (@graywolf) January 15, 2013
Facebook’s Graph Search is the future. By which I mean no-one’s ready for it, it’s a bit creepy, and most folks won’t understand it anyway.
— Tom Scott (@tomscott) January 15, 2013
Based on early public feedback, the Facebook Social Graph search tool will now be called Facebook Stalker: Pro Edition
— heychrismillar (@heychrismillar) January 16, 2013
But it wasn’t all negative
Trying out the new Facebook Search Graph… and wow.This will be very helpful… I’m very impressed.Nice work @facebook.
— Travis Wright (@teedubya) January 16, 2013
Very impressed with graph search for facebook…
— Gavin Payne (@gavin_payne) January 16, 2013
Facebook Graph Search – instantly obvious, awesome, semantic web that actually makes sense and is useful.
— Alex Iskold (@alexiskold) January 15, 2013
While one commenter simply thought Zuckerberg just needed to talk to his friends a little more
The big thing I’m getting from this Facebook announcement is Zuck can’t be bothered to talk to his friends about what movies they like.
— Eric Ravenscraft (@ocentertainment) January 15, 2013
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