Comments on: Microsoft’s Research on Perceptions of Online Profiles

By: Margery Nabors

Margery Nabors — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:42:55 +0000

Great addition Raquel, thank you.

By: Raquel Hirai

Raquel Hirai — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:43:24 +0000

I was at the presentation as well, and I think Margery’s notes are pretty accurate. Just to add, the attributes that the research participants considered more informative, in this order, were: 1. photo, 2. interests, 3. interested in, 4. about me, 5. political views. The attribute they thought was last important was the number of groups that users belonged to.

By: rubir

rubir — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:54:56 +0000

I have to admit that sometimes when I look at videos or stories that some of my Facebook friends post, I get a better idea of who they are and I have to remind myself that it is wrong to do that (stereotyping), but I’m only human!

By: margerynabors

margerynabors — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:20:22 +0000

Q.1 It was my impression that when Dr. Count referred to an online profile, he meant to conjure up an idea of something similar to a “Facebook information tab”; a page that enabled users to input preform and open form fields to describe themselves publicly.

Q.2 The status updates (or tweets) were not taken into account in Dr.Count’s studies, as the subjects whom he studied (avg. age 40 :-/) only updated a couple times a month. In my opinion, I think FB applications, groups, and status updates would have been compelling information to include.

Please note: This article is simply my understanding of the studies, as they were presented by Dr. Counts. In no way is the information I provided comprehensive or meant to speak on behalf of the research conducted by the VIBE Group.

By: Suna

Suna — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:22:30 +0000

Did Dr. Counts explain what exactly does “online profile” mean in terms of his study? Does the “online profile” include the status updates on Facebook? On Twitter? Or is it just the information tab on your FB profile? The bio on Twitter? What about FB applications? Just curious…