(Note to you, Now the following reply may sound like Im correcting or talking over you or criticizing you. Really the following is just a rant - a response to your reply that was pretty thought provoking. Im not going to play tit for tat to see who is right bc as far as I know, you at least gave me a reply! So here goes my rant and what went through my malfunctioning brain. forgive my misspeling and the grammatical errors. I wanted to get this out quickly)
Yes, this is what Im talking about. The status quo. Everyone has a customer service feedback. Even if I heard about it, it is mainly another way to contact customer service. This is definitely not the interaction that I am trying to communicate. So, we have Twitter-currently its more than a chatroom. Technically it is a chatroom but we can go to forums for the same thing. Therefore, Twitter becomes a platform. Also, facebook when it started, not only did we have email and phones ect but there were similar services such as myspace- Facebook was classified as those but it is far more than those things-otherwise we can use the old fashioned approach. Facebook’s product is a social network. (theyre are many types of networks, LAN ect but this is a social party everyone!)
So, if we think about it for a moment- instead of thinking how something is equivalent, such as classes and objects, I strive to imagine what if’s. In other words, we can’t advance for the futuer if we continue to see things the traditional way. More importantly, how can we advance as a company and as a foreward thinking community. I have been thinking about this for quite some time. I have to consciously switch my programming/logic brain off and connect with my artistic, organic, imaginary brain.
One more- there is a diference between classifying similar ideas and designing new ideas. Again, both are good in their own departments- development vs marketing. So in this case, youre drawing in your mind how it will be if we invade their privacy. Correct me if Im wrong but you put yourself in the shoes of a user who’s privacy is being invaded.
Feel me when Im presenting the idea. You’ll have to both think horizontally, vertically and zig zag and curvy or whatever. But the idea is way different than privacy intrusion. Of course, you may see the work profiling and think of it in polictical terms (at least thats whats Im wondering). In fact, I dont remember using the verb profiling bc I know it has a meaning. I may have wrote it but it miswrote. I refer to the noun-profile. They are spelled almost the same but are very different in meaning. (I wish I knew German because I hear words are very distinct in their meaning which is pretty cool). Anyways, it is far different than the act of profiling a person. A profile is an avatar. Proof in the pudding-what do you click when you want to find out more about a streamer? You click on the PROFILE!. Whereas profiling is a old word with modern connotations and even wordsmith nazis can agree the difference between profiling someone and profiling someone. Jokes aside, we look at their streamers profile as a way we get to know more of them from what they tell us.
So, complains, being intrustive, private life- thats the role of the FBI not twitch. The user has a profile. A good, honest, upfront, communtity vetted, virtual profile of this person. Why do I say all these things?
To try to think of how Twitch as a media company can become in the future. What is the product Twitch gives- the “product” is not tangible or measureable. In marketing, a product serves a need - it can be measureable of course it can be a service but in marketing departments they go way farther than that. A product for them isnt what they present to you. The product is the motivation or idea important to a consumer. I dont expect you to be an expert in this. It was taught this in college just like any other discipline. Of course, if I were to give someone a multiple choice, what I say can be regurgitated but if that is all you can do, then you have miles to go bc its difficult to apply. Im not a very good marketer yet I understand good marketing when I see it because I was taught how to critically and correctly analyze it
So, that reply is a great example of the status quo thinking. No offense. I can give inappropiate answers in real life as well and not know it.
Btw, I thought this was the correct forum as we as developers do create a product and this is aimed at our side. Not the user.Those are my thoughts, I know you dont have the same thoughts but you cant argue with someone who is presenting an opinion. People need to learn how to imagine an ideal world and strive for it.