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Is facebook trying to outdo wikipedia?

Just logged into facebook and had all my “interests” turned into pages. On those pages? A message: “A collection of shared knowledge” hmm, that sounds familiar. Of course, facebook also scrapes all the wikipedia content and includes it on the … Continue reading

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Social ads – fear and self-loathing in Facebook-land

Forrester recently did a presentation on Facebook marketing, i.e., an argument for social ads. Forrester’s research is useful. Its insights can be a bit suspect though. The recent Facebook presentation is the red-headed stepchild I’ll be picking on today; an … Continue reading

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Facebook… now with better ads!

We have now hit a point in time in which advertising is positioned as a value-add, not to marketers, but to users. I can’t say I’m not intrigued by the concept, if only to see if people will buy the … Continue reading

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If advertising is your business model, then you don't have a business model

I get the impression that every new startup’s business model is based on the assumption that they’ll get enough traffic to become profitable via advertising. In fact, Facebook’s whole multi-billion dollar valuation seems to be based on the assumption that … Continue reading

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facebook, the new google

The Facebook platform is pretty frigging smart. Actually, the notion of creating an open environment in order to extend and accommodate to your user’s world is fairly obvious, but kudos to them for pushing through with it. It seems like … Continue reading

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yahoo, the paris hilton of the internet giants…

…too much cash, no $@#!ing clue. What could you do with the $1-1.6 billion they have earmarked for Facebook or Bebo or the next hot SNS? Steps 1-5: Fix Yahoo! 360 so it doesn’t suck (or just start over): $25 … Continue reading

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Closed messaging – a step back for an open-source world

(reposted from 11/16/06) Closed messaging, a.k.a., the faux email chains that occur wholly inside social networks like MySpace, Facebook, etc. drives me nuts.I understand why it’s valuable. It increases traffic exponentially. Arguably MySpace and Facebook aren’t social networks so much … Continue reading

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