Comments on: Will AIM Compete With Facebook? http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/10/will-aim-compete-with-facebook/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:10:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ryan http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/10/will-aim-compete-with-facebook/#comment-2365 Ryan Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:25:34 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/10/will-aim-compete-with-facebook/#comment-2365 Wouldn't AOL be better served in leveraging their brand strength by developing a Facebook app to embed AIM chats in Facebook? Wouldn’t AOL be better served in leveraging their brand strength by developing a Facebook app to embed AIM chats in Facebook?

]]> By: Ryan http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/10/will-aim-compete-with-facebook/#comment-14837 Ryan Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:25:34 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/10/will-aim-compete-with-facebook/#comment-14837 Wouldn't AOL be better served in leveraging their brand strength by developing a Facebook app to embed AIM chats in Facebook? Wouldn't AOL be better served in leveraging their brand strength by developing a Facebook app to embed AIM chats in Facebook?

]]> By: Brian Harris http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/10/will-aim-compete-with-facebook/#comment-2363 Brian Harris Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:38:18 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/10/will-aim-compete-with-facebook/#comment-2363 It definitely raises some interesting questions, but i think you hit it on the head. AIM's brand association is a hard nut to crack. AOL has always been known for its instant messaging and no matter what AOL releases/has released it will never hit the same adoption that aim has had. AOL has had gaming and profiles for many years and i don't see anyone adopting them. I would imagine, that probably close 95% of the features in AIM aren't used by the majority, if at all. Regarding desktop applications in the social networking space. i can't see this picking up. More and more we are living are online lives in a web browser with the ability to access all of our content whether it be e-mail, bookmarks, contacts, etc from any computer, anywhere, at any time. Because of this i find it hard imagine being tied to a desktop application for social networking. The era of the desktop application is near its end. It definitely raises some interesting questions, but i think you hit it on the head. AIM’s brand association is a hard nut to crack. AOL has always been known for its instant messaging and no matter what AOL releases/has released it will never hit the same adoption that aim has had. AOL has had gaming and profiles for many years and i don’t see anyone adopting them. I would imagine, that probably close 95% of the features in AIM aren’t used by the majority, if at all.

Regarding desktop applications in the social networking space. i can’t see this picking up. More and more we are living are online lives in a web browser with the ability to access all of our content whether it be e-mail, bookmarks, contacts, etc from any computer, anywhere, at any time. Because of this i find it hard imagine being tied to a desktop application for social networking.

The era of the desktop application is near its end.

]]> By: Brian Harris http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/10/will-aim-compete-with-facebook/#comment-14836 Brian Harris Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:38:18 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/10/will-aim-compete-with-facebook/#comment-14836 It definitely raises some interesting questions, but i think you hit it on the head. AIM's brand association is a hard nut to crack. AOL has always been known for its instant messaging and no matter what AOL releases/has released it will never hit the same adoption that aim has had. AOL has had gaming and profiles for many years and i don't see anyone adopting them. I would imagine, that probably close 95% of the features in AIM aren't used by the majority, if at all.<br><br>Regarding desktop applications in the social networking space. i can't see this picking up. More and more we are living are online lives in a web browser with the ability to access all of our content whether it be e-mail, bookmarks, contacts, etc from any computer, anywhere, at any time. Because of this i find it hard imagine being tied to a desktop application for social networking.<br><br>The era of the desktop application is near its end. It definitely raises some interesting questions, but i think you hit it on the head. AIM's brand association is a hard nut to crack. AOL has always been known for its instant messaging and no matter what AOL releases/has released it will never hit the same adoption that aim has had. AOL has had gaming and profiles for many years and i don't see anyone adopting them. I would imagine, that probably close 95% of the features in AIM aren't used by the majority, if at all.

Regarding desktop applications in the social networking space. i can't see this picking up. More and more we are living are online lives in a web browser with the ability to access all of our content whether it be e-mail, bookmarks, contacts, etc from any computer, anywhere, at any time. Because of this i find it hard imagine being tied to a desktop application for social networking.

The era of the desktop application is near its end.

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