{"id":15390,"date":"2012-06-06T09:37:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T14:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=15390"},"modified":"2012-06-06T09:37:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T14:37:14","slug":"scattering-that-social-pixie-dust-on-mobile-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2012\/06\/06\/scattering-that-social-pixie-dust-on-mobile-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Scattering that “social” pixie dust on mobile apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Guardian<\/em> Technology section, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Filloux<\/a> attempts to disabuse mobile developers about one of the “rules” for mobile apps:<\/p>\n

Today’s hype leaves no other option but making an application as “social” as possible. This being the certitude du jour<\/em>, allow me to think differently.<\/p>\n

True, some apps are inherently social: when it comes to rating a product or a service, the “crowd factor” is critical. Beyond that, it should be a matter of personal choice — an antinomic notion to today’s the “Social” diktat. When you sign up to Spotify<\/em>, the default setting is to share your musical taste with your Facebook friends and to suffer theirs. I can’t stand such obligation: I quickly dumped the application and cancelled my account.<\/p>\n

The social idea’s biggest mistake is the belief in a universal and monolithic concept everyone is supposed to be willing to embrace with a similar degree of scope and enthusiasm. That’s a geeky, super-cartesian, Zuckerberg-esque view of society. Among my friends, some like opera (the singing, not the browser), others prefer heavy metal and I’m more into jazz tunes; some are tech-minded like me, others are more inclined towards literature. When it comes to sharing news, I tend to be naturally selective about the people I send a link to: I don’t want to swamp everyone with stuff they don’t care about. I might be wrong, but this is the way I see the social cyberspace: segmented and respectful of each other.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, mobile app developers, if you find yourself trying to force-fit social features into a Solitaire app, think again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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