Comments on: Facebook Signals Addition of Killer Feature http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/facebook-signals-addition-of-killer-feature/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:02:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Lee Lorenzen Strikes Back http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/facebook-signals-addition-of-killer-feature/#comment-1661 Lee Lorenzen Strikes Back Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:27:36 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/facebook-signals-addition-of-killer-feature/#comment-1661 [...] as well as their highly inefficient messaging system. Once they make those changes (and launch their killer feature) Facebook may just become the next $100 billion web company. I guess this wasn’t really a [...] [...] as well as their highly inefficient messaging system. Once they make those changes (and launch their killer feature) Facebook may just become the next $100 billion web company. I guess this wasn’t really a [...]

]]> By: rexblog.com: Rex Hammock’s weblog » Blog Archive » links for 2007-08-31 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/facebook-signals-addition-of-killer-feature/#comment-1616 rexblog.com: Rex Hammock’s weblog » Blog Archive » links for 2007-08-31 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:27:13 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/facebook-signals-addition-of-killer-feature/#comment-1616 [...] Will Facebook soon allow me to export my network? | The Unofficial Facebook Blog As LinkedIn and Plaxo already let me export my list of contacts, is Facebook heading that way soon? The addition of some code in their API “sandbox” suggests they may be adding it soon. (tags: facebook socialnetworks) permalink | categories: All other | Time posted: 11:30 pm on Thursday, August 30th, 2007 [...] [...] Will Facebook soon allow me to export my network? | The Unofficial Facebook Blog As LinkedIn and Plaxo already let me export my list of contacts, is Facebook heading that way soon? The addition of some code in their API “sandbox” suggests they may be adding it soon. (tags: facebook socialnetworks) permalink | categories: All other | Time posted: 11:30 pm on Thursday, August 30th, 2007 [...]

]]> By: Justin Thorp http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/facebook-signals-addition-of-killer-feature/#comment-1605 Justin Thorp Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:15:50 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/facebook-signals-addition-of-killer-feature/#comment-1605 "If the latter, this would be a direct strike against Slide, in turn creating a statement for developers: don’t develop a utility application that becomes enormously popular. If you do, Facebook will take it and add it to their main features." I think this just another reason why ultimately Facebook's closed eco-system won't work. Facebook's ability to quickly make an app like yours and steal your thunder is too much of a disincentive to start developing on their platform. It causes me to have that much more respect for Twitter, which is essentially just like Facebook Statuses, but is seeing great success independent of Facebook. “If the latter, this would be a direct strike against Slide, in turn creating a statement for developers: don’t develop a utility application that becomes enormously popular. If you do, Facebook will take it and add it to their main features.”

I think this just another reason why ultimately Facebook’s closed eco-system won’t work. Facebook’s ability to quickly make an app like yours and steal your thunder is too much of a disincentive to start developing on their platform.

It causes me to have that much more respect for Twitter, which is essentially just like Facebook Statuses, but is seeing great success independent of Facebook.

]]> By: Justin Thorp http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/facebook-signals-addition-of-killer-feature/#comment-12352 Justin Thorp Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:15:50 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/facebook-signals-addition-of-killer-feature/#comment-12352 "If the latter, this would be a direct strike against Slide, in turn creating a statement for developers: don’t develop a utility application that becomes enormously popular. If you do, Facebook will take it and add it to their main features."<br><br>I think this just another reason why ultimately Facebook's closed eco-system won't work. Facebook's ability to quickly make an app like yours and steal your thunder is too much of a disincentive to start developing on their platform.<br><br>It causes me to have that much more respect for Twitter, which is essentially just like Facebook Statuses, but is seeing great success independent of Facebook. “If the latter, this would be a direct strike against Slide, in turn creating a statement for developers: don’t develop a utility application that becomes enormously popular. If you do, Facebook will take it and add it to their main features.”

I think this just another reason why ultimately Facebook’s closed eco-system won’t work. Facebook’s ability to quickly make an app like yours and steal your thunder is too much of a disincentive to start developing on their platform.

It causes me to have that much more respect for Twitter, which is essentially just like Facebook Statuses, but is seeing great success independent of Facebook.

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