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06.08.08Slide Giving Up on Facebook? What’s It Really Mean?
Social NetworkingFrom Alley Insider: Slide, the company that makes Facebook's most popular apps, says it's done making new ones for the social network. Keith Rabois, VP of strategy and business development, told us this week that the company wants to concentrate on making the existing apps like FunWall and Top Friends better -- and ultimately figure out how to generate real money from them. ...Read between the lines here, and you can see a slightly different story: Slide is saying that the great Facebook app land-grab, which kicked off a year ago, is over. And it's ended up with the best property. I find ...
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05.15.08Update: I Got Kicked Off Facebook
Brands and Marketing, Social NetworkingJust an update for RSS readers becasue many have inquired what happened that resulted in my Facebook Account being deleted. Nick O'Neill has a post at AllFacebook explaining what happened. I have been in contact with both Ralph Lauren and Facebook and hope to be back soon. I will provide an update when/if that happens.
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05.15.08I Got Kicked Off Facebook
My Experiences, Social NetworkingThis past New Year’s I made Ten Predictions for 2008 on this blog, including a bonus, eleventh prediction… Well that eleventh prediction has come true: I have been kicked off Facebook for what is, in my opinion, a really big mistake/misunderstanding. Of course since I am the one who was kicked off I will leave it to someone else to cover the story (to avoid bias) and I will link to it when that happens Nick O'Neill has covered the reason at AllFacebook.com. Needless to say, I have really not done anything wrong and I am confident my account will reinstated after additional ...
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05.02.08
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01.24.0810 Pros and 10 Cons for Facebook Being the Next Google
Social NetworkingCons 1. Employees self-proclaim “we don’t do any work!” 2. First serious attempt at monetization was a disaster 3. Early scam artists are now investors 4. Struck a deal with Microsoft, not Google 5. CEO is regarded as a ‘douche bag’ 6. MySpace still crushes FB in terms of eyeballs and MySpace really sucks 7. The younger generation is all about Webkinz 8. FB top engineer masquerades as a stripper on weekends 9. Facebook’s idea of good PR is a 60 Minutes special 10. The valuation is crazy even compared to companies making real revenues Pros 1. Catching up to Myspace like a Ferrari 2. Has a war chest of cash on ...
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01.10.08A Key Difference Between Worlds
Social NetworkingI’ve recently been wondering whether or not virtual worlds will replace social networks as the social environment of choice over the next few years. At this point, based on directionality and trends, I think they will not. The primary reason being that ‘convention’ among social networks is that users are actually who they say they are. For example, when I sign up for Facebook or Last.FM, I am Sam Huleatt. I may use a strange handle like Squasher98, but the information I enter tends to be legitimate and tied into my online properties (links to Leveraging Ideas, for example). However, ...
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12.31.07Disney to Spend $10M Per Virtual World
Social NetworkingWeb Playgrounds of the Very Young - New York Times via kwout
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12.20.07
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12.08.07eBay to Buy Ning?
Social NetworkingNope, but it should. Here is why. eBay is really the master of niche social networks. Using the power of the long tail there are communities that spring up around all kinds of crazy niche goods. For example, one of my good friends is related to the Brandreth family who long ago sold pills that were thought to be a cure for all sorts of diseases. These pills were featured in Moby Dick (see here) and now, vintage pills boxes appear on eBay auctions. Shockingly the bidding can at times be fierce as family members, museums and collectors battle to ...
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11.26.07Facebook Pages: The Myth, the Legend, the Lameness
Pop Culture, Social NetworkingStill Puzzled… I still have not heard back from Facebook regarding what I allegedly did wrong. However Facebook did indicate that it removed one of my pages! I cannot figure out if this actually happened, but if it did, Facebook is on my shit list. All FB needed to do was politely inform me, take over the disputed Page (brand) and then give the Page to its ‘rightful’ owners. I use 'rightful' loosely. There is nothing indicating authentication is necessary to register a Page, so anyone should be able to do what I have done without consequence. Plus, why erase ...
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