A case study for the next Don Norman book: MSN Messenger 7.0
When product design forgets about real-life
users
A co-worker of mine, told me something I hadn't
thought about around the feature in MSN messenger that lets people see what you
are listening to now. It seems that Messenger will broadcast whatever it is that
is playing in Windows Media player to all your IM buddies. ANYTHING that is
playing. If you are watching a video that you would be embarrassed about and you
have these feature on, well, you get the
idea.
From a business perspective, I
think that the feature itself is sheer genius. Why? Well, because when you do
show what you are listening to, it adds links so that your IM Buddies can buy
the music you are listening to over at MSN Music. It is amazing, it turns you
into a walking billboard (well, IM'ing billboard) for MSN music under the guise
of creating a better sense of Community. I want to consider it evil, but it is
such a great idea, I just have to admire
it.
I wonder if you are watching Porn
if it will send people to the porn site...
Posted: Fri - July 22, 2005 at 04:18 PM
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