Stupid Facebook Question

[inulro]

How do you find someone's FB notes from their profile/Wall pages?

I know I'm so tired I can't see but this is making me feel particularly dumb.

Comments

[nwhyte]

http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=xxxxxxxxx

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[nisaba.livejournal.com]

Took me an age to find a note on Will's facebook the other day. I blame jetlag. Turns out it was on the boxes tab, right down in the far right, in teeny-tiny writing.

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Thanks. The only good thing about jetlag is the multitude of sins you can blame on it.

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

You're looking for *actual content* on FB? Now there's a quest!

[inulro.livejournal.com]

I was sent a link to note with actual content, clicked on it, navigated away from it, deleted the email and now I can't find it!

I may be close to completely burned out, but I'm not dumb enough to go looking for actual content.

[aoakley.livejournal.com]

You do raise a good point about Facebook, though. The interface is designed such that the user-collective-content finds you. The problem is that such a large area of the page real estate is given over to "found content"^[1] that there is no space for any usable navigation or search, should you want to discover your own content. Indeed, it's not in Facebook's interest that you should wander off the path. It's kind of the anti-semantic web.

_{[1] I hereby claim IP ownership on the concept of "Found Content" and will shortly be putting in a trademark application for the phrase "Contenu Trouvé".}

[sheepthief.livejournal.com]

I can never find a damn thing on FB! When I think I'm starting to get to grips with it they change the bloody interface. Grrr. But perhaps it's just me as I don't seem able to find what I want in Flickr either.