Thursday, November 13, 2014; 11:34:29 AM Eastern
Facebook as blog surface, cont'd
- We were talking about this here in August. I want to revisit this idea, after a few months of development and thought.
- 1. Consider this A-B comparison: A post on my blog. The same post on Facebook.
- 2. Goal: Make it possible to post, on Facebook, the same content. It should look as good as it does on my blog, and be as functional.
- 3. Minimally this means two features must be supported: 1. Every post can have a title. 2. I need to be able to link from within a post.
- 4. Without the ability to link, I am not writing. I started writing when the web came along. I have never written without the ability to link. It's part of how I think.
- 5. Linking is more than that, it's an obligation, a requirement, a commitment.
- 5. Nice-to-have: simple markdown formatting. Beyond that, I would stop, let a year go by, see what develops. Then revisit with a few simple upgrades.
- 6. The sooner we get these features the sooner we can start building a serious content world around Facebook. I'm really looking forward to doing this.
- 7. If you want to set up a testbed, please feel free to use my blog feed. ;-)