Comments on: Valuations and Either Or Statements: MySpace vs. Facebook http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/09/25/valuations-and-either-or-statements-myspace-vs-facebook/ Ideation on economics, media, venture capital and startups Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Sam Huleatt http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/09/25/valuations-and-either-or-statements-myspace-vs-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-87516 Sam Huleatt Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:35:46 +0000 http://www.leveragingideas.com/?p=455#comment-87516 Justin Said: Are you missing the “social” element to “social” networks. People will want to be either “facebook” types or “MySpace” types. I am a Google head for my default homepage and my wife uses Yahoo. I am always struck by how different Yahoo is when I hit the computer after her. Not better or worse, but clearly after a different vertical.<br><br>If you imagine a world in 2 years from now where there are globally say 250 million active profile users it seems as though you could have two legitimate suppliers of services<br><br>Sam Says: Perhaps, but again the distinction is that only one winner will emerge among the "platforms." Yahoo is very different, but it is really becoming more of a niche network, rather than the all-encompassing platform that Facebook is (and that Yahoo wishes to be) Justin Said: Are you missing the “social” element to “social” networks. People will want to be either “facebook” types or “MySpace” types. I am a Google head for my default homepage and my wife uses Yahoo. I am always struck by how different Yahoo is when I hit the computer after her. Not better or worse, but clearly after a different vertical.

If you imagine a world in 2 years from now where there are globally say 250 million active profile users it seems as though you could have two legitimate suppliers of services

Sam Says: Perhaps, but again the distinction is that only one winner will emerge among the “platforms.” Yahoo is very different, but it is really becoming more of a niche network, rather than the all-encompassing platform that Facebook is (and that Yahoo wishes to be)

]]> By: Sam Huleatt http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/09/25/valuations-and-either-or-statements-myspace-vs-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-70205 Sam Huleatt Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:35:46 +0000 http://www.leveragingideas.com/?p=455#comment-70205 Justin Said: Are you missing the “social” element to “social” networks. People will want to be either “facebook” types or “MySpace” types. I am a Google head for my default homepage and my wife uses Yahoo. I am always struck by how different Yahoo is when I hit the computer after her. Not better or worse, but clearly after a different vertical.<br><br>If you imagine a world in 2 years from now where there are globally say 250 million active profile users it seems as though you could have two legitimate suppliers of services<br><br>Sam Says: Perhaps, but again the distinction is that only one winner will emerge among the "platforms." Yahoo is very different, but it is really becoming more of a niche network, rather than the all-encompassing platform that Facebook is (and that Yahoo wishes to be) Justin Said: Are you missing the “social” element to “social” networks. People will want to be either “facebook” types or “MySpace” types. I am a Google head for my default homepage and my wife uses Yahoo. I am always struck by how different Yahoo is when I hit the computer after her. Not better or worse, but clearly after a different vertical.

If you imagine a world in 2 years from now where there are globally say 250 million active profile users it seems as though you could have two legitimate suppliers of services

Sam Says: Perhaps, but again the distinction is that only one winner will emerge among the “platforms.” Yahoo is very different, but it is really becoming more of a niche network, rather than the all-encompassing platform that Facebook is (and that Yahoo wishes to be)

]]> By: Justin Benson http://www.leveragingideas.com/2007/09/25/valuations-and-either-or-statements-myspace-vs-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-15266 Justin Benson Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:02:17 +0000 http://www.leveragingideas.com/?p=455#comment-15266 Are you missing the "social" element to "social" networks. People will want to be either "facebook" types or "MySpace" types. I am a Google head for my default homepage and my wife uses Yahoo. I am always struck by how different Yahoo is when I hit the computer after her. Not better or worse, but clearly after a different vertical. If you imagine a world in 2 years from now where there are globally say 250 million active profile users it seems as though you could have two legitimate suppliers of services. Are you missing the “social” element to “social” networks. People will want to be either “facebook” types or “MySpace” types. I am a Google head for my default homepage and my wife uses Yahoo. I am always struck by how different Yahoo is when I hit the computer after her. Not better or worse, but clearly after a different vertical.

If you imagine a world in 2 years from now where there are globally say 250 million active profile users it seems as though you could have two legitimate suppliers of services.

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