Should Facebook's New Lexicon Expand Beyond Verbs?
Facebook wants alternatives to like, but what about moving beyond verbs?
Facebook wants alternatives to like, but maybe the Open Graph needs adverbs in addition to verbs — in other words, ways to qualify the relationship between two objects.
Developers and marketers can add more verbs to the Open Graph, subject to some approval by Facebook, but this still somewhat limiting.
For instance, you could watch a news show while multitasking, or you could be riveted to the screen? Just using the verb “watch” won’t make a distinction between these two meanings.
Talk could be idle chit-chat or a serious debate.
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