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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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Closed messaging revisited
So way back in the day, I noted that closed messaging was retarded and it’d make more sense for an SNS to align with a major email provider, or vice versa to gain/steal new users. Fmail is a Facebook app … Continue reading
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
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
horizontal scrolling or stupid MySpace UI tricks
Why does MySpace.com now require horizontal scrolling? Did they start designing their pages for 1280px widths? As you can see below, a good 70% of what I can see is either ad or useless space. Until I get a widescreen … Continue reading
army space dot com or whatever
On the heels of the news that the DoD is blocking access to a variety of social networks and ugc media sites, I’d just like to bring up a point of surprise that the dod hasn’t already created its own … Continue reading
Some niches aren't really niches
I’d lie if I said the thought of this didn’t cross my mind at least once over the past couple weeks. But ultimately there’s really no value. Niches’ core values comes from its distinctiveness and identifiability, e.g., I am a … Continue reading
The lines are drawn
If there’s anything that the recent furors regarding MySpace’s snafu and the Digg implosion has impressed upon me, is that conspiracy theories and entitlement syndromes, previously reserved mainly for political viewpoints has become just as prevalent in commerce.Power to the … Continue reading
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