Comments on: Will Facebook Lose Steam? http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:36:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Give It Time, Facebook Will Open - The Unofficial Facebook Blog http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/#comment-830 Give It Time, Facebook Will Open - The Unofficial Facebook Blog Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:56:34 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/#comment-830 [...] few days ago I posted about how Facebook is not completely open. Then today Wired made a call for Facebook and other social networks to open up. Their suggestion [...] [...] few days ago I posted about how Facebook is not completely open. Then today Wired made a call for Facebook and other social networks to open up. Their suggestion [...]

]]> By: Justin Thorp http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/#comment-796 Justin Thorp Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:19:59 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/#comment-796 Your post is a bit confusing. You're referring to two kinds of open: Facebook's flavor of open - allowing people to build within the walled garden. This is what Fred Wilson's complaining about. Portable Social Networks - This is allowing the user to control their social network information and be able to pull it into whatever application they want. http://microformats.org/wiki/social-network-portability Your post is a bit confusing. You’re referring to two kinds of open:

Facebook’s flavor of open - allowing people to build within the walled garden. This is what Fred Wilson’s complaining about.

Portable Social Networks - This is allowing the user to control their social network information and be able to pull it into whatever application they want.
http://microformats.org/wiki/social-network-portability

]]> By: Justin Thorp http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/#comment-15230 Justin Thorp Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:19:59 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/#comment-15230 Your post is a bit confusing. You're referring to two kinds of open:<br><br>Facebook's flavor of open - allowing people to build within the walled garden. This is what Fred Wilson's complaining about.<br><br>Portable Social Networks - This is allowing the user to control their social network information and be able to pull it into whatever application they want.<br><a href="http://microformats.org/wiki/social-network-portability">http://microformats.org/wiki/social-network-por...</a> Your post is a bit confusing. You're referring to two kinds of open:

Facebook's flavor of open - allowing people to build within the walled garden. This is what Fred Wilson's complaining about.

Portable Social Networks - This is allowing the user to control their social network information and be able to pull it into whatever application they want.
http://microformats.org/wiki/social-network-por...

]]> By: Nathan Ketsdever http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/#comment-787 Nathan Ketsdever Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:25:39 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/#comment-787 It seems that closed systems are increasingly not as viable as more open varieties. Interesting, the Cluetrain Manifesto predicted this model in 2001. Are there closed models that are working, except in security related markets? It seems that closed systems are increasingly not as viable as more open varieties. Interesting, the Cluetrain Manifesto predicted this model in 2001.

Are there closed models that are working, except in security related markets?

]]> By: Nathan Ketsdever http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/#comment-15229 Nathan Ketsdever Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:25:39 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/08/will-facebook-lose-steam/#comment-15229 It seems that closed systems are increasingly not as viable as more open varieties. Interesting, the Cluetrain Manifesto predicted this model in 2001.<br><br>Are there closed models that are working, except in security related markets? It seems that closed systems are increasingly not as viable as more open varieties. Interesting, the Cluetrain Manifesto predicted this model in 2001.

Are there closed models that are working, except in security related markets?

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