Yesterday, Facebook held a press conference call, put out a press release, and published a blog post as it gave users a voice in the recasting of the site’s terms of use. Today, although there hasn’t been quite as much noise, the social network found another way to demonstrate that it’s interested in people’s opinions.
Posts on the official Facebook Blog are now open to users’ comments. The new “I like this” feature has been enabled, too. Think the changes sounds minor? The post announcing everything has already attracted around 75 comments and 50 thumbs up.
That’s not to say a true line of communication is necessarily open – Kathy H. Chan, Facebook’s resident blogger, writes, “We won’t be responding to comments directly,” – but it’s a step in what many people will regard as the right direction.
Chan explains, “You may be wondering why we’re choosing to open commenting and enable the Like feature on the Facebook blog now. It’s because we believe that when people choose to share more openly, the transparency will help us better understand one another. That’s the promise of Facebook. Besides, receiving more of your feedback will enable us to do more good – on the blog and across the site in the way we build products.”
So go have your say if you want. Facebook seems ready to listen.
