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[Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxx>]

> I still think it's unclear what that text box does. I made a quick
> mockup which adds some text to the text boxes, explaining what they
> are supposed to do. This text goes away when the text box is
> activated. The social networking text box says "Post Twitter
> message..." when the Twitter icon is selected. It should change to
> whatever social network is selected.

When more than one is selected, we are pretty much back to the
original problem, unless we do something like concatenate everything
("post to Twitter/Identi.ca/Facebook"), which sounds kinda heavy.

Furthermore, one of the things I currently like the most in the Me
Menu is the fact that the text box receives focus automatically
when you click on the Me Menu icon. That wouldn't fit your proposal
as it would immediately delete the explanation text. A possible
adaptation would be deleting it only when the user starts typing,
but I have some doubts whether it can be made obvious enough that
the text is temporary and not "solid".