Followed the Obama Inauguration this late afternoon. At+/- 4.30 pm I remembered I joined a Facebook group a couple of days ago to watch the event life. Most conveniently when I logged in I was redirected from my home page to the Obama Inauguration on CCN. com Live with Facebook event page. I followed the link to the live coverage as probably most of the other 1, 254, 478 other confirmed guests did.
I was positively surprised by the integration of my Facebook friends status enabling me to follow and answer their own comments while watching the video. See how it looked like
A couple of quick comments- because its been an other long day and mostly because I want to keep the good vibes as long as possible
On the integration itself:
- I would have made the history of scrolling on the Facebook update window available from the beginning of the profile connection - the window was far too short meaning updates get refreshed too quickly and conversation follow-up difficult
- Add a search feature on the postings
- Add the wall postings on that same life screen (it might have been the 'Everyone watching' index though- not 100% sure about that one as I did not have the time to look at it). Now there're more than 131,000 wallposts that are lost - to me- on the Facebook page. Consequently I did not historically contribute on the Inauguration Facebook group when appropriate - that is when Congratulations Mr President were heard from all over the globe -which I would have done if integrated on the life screen - ok no big loss but you get the idea
- And yep, probably would have tested a bit more on Firefox/Safari browsers to avoid little bugs like the status screen disappearing when clicking on a Friend profile
As for the event itself:
- I would have used the message to all confirmed guests feature to remind them to log in to the CNN live window - there were so many other life platforms a little reminder would have had a huge visit effect
- and of course I would have added a huge backscreen with the Facebook group wall postings and the appropriate Twitter # just behind Obama during his speech. Hmm sorry, could not resist that one ;)
Sharing the same feedback with CNN since they ask for it. Fair play.
All in all I had a great time. And I'm positive it's just the first of Obama's presidency. Congrats to CNN and Mr President.
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