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25 May 08

Facebook Platform, One Year Later

  • Facebook has had its share of missteps, but no matter how much they improve the platform, it is only as strong as its apps (which at this point simply aren’t very good).
20 May 08

Facebook Not Selling–Well, Not Yet! And IPO? Try 2010 or Later! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

  • Many sources inside and outside Facebook with knowledge of the company said a sale was unlikely and pointed to an IPO as the exit for its investors.
19 May 08

The Microsoft vs Google Endgame - Harvard Business Online's Umair Haque

  • That’s why it’s a (massive) fallacy to argue that any value has been “created”. Value might be created when connected consumers can share and trade preference information or applications across social nets. But value is actually foregone if Microsoft acquires a closed Facebook, because opportunities for consumers, developers, and advertisers alike to meaningfully interact are destroyed. That’s what evil really means: coercing others into accepting value destruction.

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  • At the same time, I’ve become less addicted to Facebook because there isn’t enough there. That could be because I hang with old farts, who’ve cooled on the fad. But it’s more likely because Twitter has become a more meaningful platform for keeping in touch with friends (though that, too, could change). Though Facebook still has more functionality enabling me to organize those friends, Twitter is better at distinguishing acquaintances (the followers) from friends (the followed). That is, whereas on Facebook, I have — I’m sorry to say — 1,030 ignored friend requests, on Twitter, I have 1,765 followers. Twitter has learned from Facebook’s mistakes. So has Google.
18 May 08

Harvard Business Online's Umair Haque

  • Now, there's a big problem with Facebook's move. The endgame of competitive dynamics in this space is straightforward: the least evil, most open platform - by necessity - wins. Walled gardens lose - hard, fast, and decisively. That's a simple, inevitable outcome of network economics - and no amount of artificial competition, a la blocking tactics, can change it.
16 May 08

Birthing pains in the colonization of the social Web | Outside the Lines - CNET News.com

  • On Thursday, Facebook suspended involvement with Google's Friend Connect, claiming that it redistributes user information from Facebook to developers without users' knowledge, violating the company's terms of service.
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