Wednesday, June 13
The new facebook.com is on fire.
This ain't the facebook of a few years ago.
The new facebook now has an open platform which allows any developer to snap in any functionality which wants to take advantage of a social network. Facebook is my addiction of the week, I've spent hours playing around with the new applications, and connecting to people.
I think the Facebook user interface is extremely well done. It is very simple, no extra garbage (except for the annoying graphic ads), and has just enough info (but not too much) to make an interesting social newsfeed. There are so many clever little things about this site.
I now fear for any startup who is trying to create a new vertical social network. Why would a user join a new travel social network (for example) when they can instead use travel on facebook, which already has info about all of their friends?
Prediction: facebook could become the next Yahoo. I'm not kidding. ¶9:12 AM; digg
This ain't the facebook of a few years ago.
The new facebook now has an open platform which allows any developer to snap in any functionality which wants to take advantage of a social network. Facebook is my addiction of the week, I've spent hours playing around with the new applications, and connecting to people.
I think the Facebook user interface is extremely well done. It is very simple, no extra garbage (except for the annoying graphic ads), and has just enough info (but not too much) to make an interesting social newsfeed. There are so many clever little things about this site.
I now fear for any startup who is trying to create a new vertical social network. Why would a user join a new travel social network (for example) when they can instead use travel on facebook, which already has info about all of their friends?
Prediction: facebook could become the next Yahoo. I'm not kidding. ¶9:12 AM; digg
