Comments on: The Increasingly Competitive World of Facebook http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Dave http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-761 Dave Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:25 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-761 Useless crap seemed to win on myspace. Not sure why it'd be a whole lot different on facebook. Useless crap seemed to win on myspace. Not sure why it’d be a whole lot different on facebook.

]]> By: Dave http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-14234 Dave Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:25 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-14234 Useless crap seemed to win on myspace. Not sure why it'd be a whole lot different on facebook. Useless crap seemed to win on myspace. Not sure why it’d be a whole lot different on facebook.

]]> By: Jason Hanley http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-759 Jason Hanley Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:02:23 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-759 I think people have been, and continue to be overwhelmed by applications -- and most of them are just terrible. I decided to make an app as an educational project, and started looking for "niche" areas that weren't the same Flash-ridden piles of useless junk. I noticed there were several to do list applications, but they were all difficult to use. So I made "To-Do List". One thing I've been tracking is the install "bounce rate" -- the number of people that actually keep it installed after trying it. So far I'm at about 70%, so I think a good number of people are finding it useful. It should be interesting to see how it does over time. I think people have been, and continue to be overwhelmed by applications — and most of them are just terrible.

I decided to make an app as an educational project, and started looking for “niche” areas that weren’t the same Flash-ridden piles of useless junk.

I noticed there were several to do list applications, but they were all difficult to use. So I made “To-Do List”.

One thing I’ve been tracking is the install “bounce rate” — the number of people that actually keep it installed after trying it. So far I’m at about 70%, so I think a good number of people are finding it useful.

It should be interesting to see how it does over time.

]]> By: Jason Hanley http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-14233 Jason Hanley Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:02:23 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-14233 I think people have been, and continue to be overwhelmed by applications -- and most of them are just terrible.<br><br>I decided to make an app as an educational project, and started looking for "niche" areas that weren't the same Flash-ridden piles of useless junk.<br><br>I noticed there were several to do list applications, but they were all difficult to use. So I made "To-Do List".<br><br>One thing I've been tracking is the install "bounce rate" -- the number of people that actually keep it installed after trying it. So far I'm at about 70%, so I think a good number of people are finding it useful.<br><br>It should be interesting to see how it does over time. I think people have been, and continue to be overwhelmed by applications — and most of them are just terrible.

I decided to make an app as an educational project, and started looking for “niche” areas that weren’t the same Flash-ridden piles of useless junk.

I noticed there were several to do list applications, but they were all difficult to use. So I made “To-Do List”.

One thing I’ve been tracking is the install “bounce rate” — the number of people that actually keep it installed after trying it. So far I’m at about 70%, so I think a good number of people are finding it useful.

It should be interesting to see how it does over time.

]]> By: Paul Malin http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-758 Paul Malin Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:08:49 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-758 It also seems like apps have slowed overall. Only TopFriends has over 10m while the group of apps with 1-5m users isn't really that large. You would think that there would be some consensus on must have apps. Finally its possible that having 5 different versions of each app is slowing the development (fun wall, advanced wall, super wall)... It also seems like apps have slowed overall. Only TopFriends has over 10m while the group of apps with 1-5m users isn’t really that large. You would think that there would be some consensus on must have apps. Finally its possible that having 5 different versions of each app is slowing the development (fun wall, advanced wall, super wall)…

]]> By: Paul Malin http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-14232 Paul Malin Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:08:49 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-14232 It also seems like apps have slowed overall. Only TopFriends has over 10m while the group of apps with 1-5m users isn't really that large. You would think that there would be some consensus on must have apps. Finally its possible that having 5 different versions of each app is slowing the development (fun wall, advanced wall, super wall)... It also seems like apps have slowed overall. Only TopFriends has over 10m while the group of apps with 1-5m users isn’t really that large. You would think that there would be some consensus on must have apps. Finally its possible that having 5 different versions of each app is slowing the development (fun wall, advanced wall, super wall)…

]]> By: Phil http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-755 Phil Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:50:08 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-755 I totally agree with this. However, I think that slow, true growth is ultimately going to be better than the invite spamming hyper growth apps we see now, both for users and for developers. I totally agree with this. However, I think that slow, true growth is ultimately going to be better than the invite spamming hyper growth apps we see now, both for users and for developers.

]]> By: Phil http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-14231 Phil Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:50:08 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/the-increasingly-competitive-world-of-facebook/#comment-14231 I totally agree with this. However, I think that slow, true growth is ultimately going to be better than the invite spamming hyper growth apps we see now, both for users and for developers. I totally agree with this. However, I think that slow, true growth is ultimately going to be better than the invite spamming hyper growth apps we see now, both for users and for developers.

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