DISQUS

Nick could you write a post on accounts being banned, talking about the main reasons this happens and what actions people can take to restore them? It's something I'd find interesting and I'm sure you know more than most about this.

I agree. It's the foundation for some killer features, but isn't quite there yet.

I also want a way of seeing who's not in a list, so I don't miss anyone out.

I agree. It's the foundation for some killer features, but isn't quite there yet. I also want a way of seeing who's not in a list, so I don't miss anyone out.

113 - if the boss were managing a social enterprise, then yes. That's not the case here though.

brilliant!

a friend of a friend got deleted for posting a pornographic picture to a group, dedicated to his friend, who is a porn star. go figure.

This is a lovely post, such a pleasure to read you writing about something so warm and personal :-)

Cheers Nick, I appreciate your app reviews.

Brilliant info, thanks Nick.

+1 vote for facebook at work. Would particularly like to hear your thoughts on strategies to negotiate having a range of situational identities which come together on facebook.

I've wondered about this issue too. I remember reading some research that suggests a person can really know about 150 friends. Beyond that, people become indistinguishable numbers or stereotypes. Like many 'friends' on myspace, Robert is obviously way over this limit. But what's the implication for those of us who don't play for numbers like this?

I started using facebook with the intention of only adding people who I'm presently in contact with, but I keep getting requests from past friends from school and work. Being particular is difficult; ignoring a request is a rude, blunt gesture, yet adding them has given me an unmanageably long friend list.

I think this is another reason to add some kind of category system, but I'd like to go further. Along with the friend, work and family categories which are often suggested, I'd like to tag friends with some kind of 'proximity' rating. Closer friends would appear in the news feeds more often and at the top of friend lists. There are probably other places where this measure of distance could be used.

For now, I use the cruder tools of deleting friends, ignoring requests and adding people to the less list in the news preferences. How do you manage having so many friends?