mtbikernate Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I would like to see a share button (facebook) added to your log entry page so our friends can see what were finding and maybe get interested in geocaching. You can already post the link for interesting caches you found on your Wall and share your experiences that way. I've had plenty of people ask me about this "geocaching thing" I do based on nothing more than the Status updates I post. Yeah, you can already share cache logs this way if you really want to. There's nothing stopping anyone from doing this already. VERY occasionally one of my cacher friends will post a cache (though not a specific log) that was particularly enjoyable. I think it's fine the way it is. BECAUSE it takes a few keystrokes to do, people only share what's really worth it. If it became just one button click, FB would wind up getting an awful lot of cache pages/logs and most people (including me) would ignore them and develop a negative opinion of Geocaching - the way I have with Zynga (the bastards). I don't think Groundspeak wants to increase the population of people who hate geocaching because that sort of thing could lead to more missing caches, I think. Quote Link to comment
unchainedzulu Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 nah, i'm new and i think it's a bad idea. better to let the secret leak out through personal connections than just blast it to the masses who aren't interested in anything except ruining our fun. Quote Link to comment
+DanOCan Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 BECAUSE it takes a few keystrokes to do, people only share what's really worth it. If it became just one button click, FB would wind up getting an awful lot of cache pages/logs and most people (including me) would ignore them and develop a negative opinion of Geocaching... Exactly my thought, although my negative opinion would be more directed towards the poster rather than the content of the posting. I hate having to block friend's from my News Feed because they post too many things, regardless of what it is. Some people just don't seem to understand that flooding your friends with a heavy volume of updates is bad form -- unless you're on Twitter. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 BECAUSE it takes a few keystrokes to do, people only share what's really worth it. If it became just one button click, FB would wind up getting an awful lot of cache pages/logs and most people (including me) would ignore them and develop a negative opinion of Geocaching... Exactly my thought, although my negative opinion would be more directed towards the poster rather than the content of the posting. I hate having to block friend's from my News Feed because they post too many things, regardless of what it is. Some people just don't seem to understand that flooding your friends with a heavy volume of updates is bad form -- unless you're on Twitter. This is an excellent point. Many people on Facebook and Twitter HATE Foursquare. And I really think they hate the game, and not the individual flooder. I'll tell you what, Mrs. Yuck just got her first smartphone a couple months ago (a Blackberry), and I tried to convince her to download the Foursquare App and play. No friggin' way. You know why? She has a cousin who posts every single Foursquare check-in to Facebook. Multiple times a day, every day. By the way, I play Foursquare. I even pimp it in my signature line. Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Problem is if the button is there there will be those that will feel compelled to push it. Then my facebook account will be a sea of like it's on caches. I'll be forced to start dropping addicted friends. It end up that it will be just be me and StarBrand. Now that I think about it, that might not be such a bad idea after all. Non Issue. If you don't want to see the posts from Geocaching.com, just hide them using that handy-dandy X: Works flawlessly (I use it for Farmville, Yoville, sororitiyville, and so on). No clutter in my feed at all. Exactly. Take control of your experience rather than trying to control others. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 I brought up this very idea some time ago (well over a year) to try to make some actual use of the 'friends' feature. Obviously it didn't happen. Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Exactly. Take control of your experience rather than trying to control others. Best thing I've read all week. Quote Link to comment
mtbikernate Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 linkshare by mtbikernate, on Flickr As I have said before (many times), you can already do it. You don't need a button. I like that it's not a single click away for people to abuse. Quote Link to comment
+A & J Tooling Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 More kid crap you dump on here, the more you lose some of the people who don't care for it. Or they'll just ignore it. Either or. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 OOPS! I misread the original post. Please don't link this site to facebook. Quote Link to comment
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