Comments on: The Future of Widgets on Facebook: Dead http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: mightygoose http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/#comment-16698 mightygoose Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:37:10 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1797#comment-16698 good, applications are the thing that i hate most about facebook, with reams and reams of spam flooding my inbox daily as i block each new application. the new facebook is good as it streamlines the core ideas as to the platforms potential. social networking, not advertising. i wholeheartedly agree with dave gibson and dave johnson and their comments. good, applications are the thing that i hate most about facebook, with reams and reams of spam flooding my inbox daily as i block each new application. the new facebook is good as it streamlines the core ideas as to the platforms potential. social networking, not advertising. i wholeheartedly agree with dave gibson and dave johnson and their comments.

]]> By: Dave Gibson http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/#comment-16534 Dave Gibson Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:55:29 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1797#comment-16534 I completely agree with Dave Johnshon (#10) in both seeing this as an attempt by Facebook to both a move to protect users from spammy apps and to also force app developers to develop more useful apps. They may also be trying to minimize their potential risk when (not if) app developers begin abusing the information that they've collected. I like the suggestion that Facebook (or a member review committee) bless certain apps thereby allowing them to post to Profile homepages. I completely agree with Dave Johnshon (#10) in both seeing this as an attempt by Facebook to both a move to protect users from spammy apps and to also force app developers to develop more useful apps. They may also be trying to minimize their potential risk when (not if) app developers begin abusing the information that they’ve collected.

I like the suggestion that Facebook (or a member review committee) bless certain apps thereby allowing them to post to Profile homepages.

]]> By: New Facebook Design: Running the Numbers on Applications http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/#comment-16364 New Facebook Design: Running the Numbers on Applications Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:44:44 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1797#comment-16364 [...] the Facebook platform dead earlier this week. I had previously posted numbers suggesting that Facebook widgets were most likely dead as [...] [...] the Facebook platform dead earlier this week. I had previously posted numbers suggesting that Facebook widgets were most likely dead as [...]

]]> By: Scott Rafer: The Facebook Platform is Dead http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/#comment-16276 Scott Rafer: The Facebook Platform is Dead Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:25:21 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1797#comment-16276 [...] that Facebook platform dead. He posted statistics including one that I posted that suggests Facebook widgets are dead. Lookery’s own statistics from Quantcast suggest that their publisher traffic has been almost [...] [...] that Facebook platform dead. He posted statistics including one that I posted that suggests Facebook widgets are dead. Lookery’s own statistics from Quantcast suggest that their publisher traffic has been almost [...]

]]> By: gargouri2001 http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/#comment-16156 gargouri2001 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:08:15 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1797#comment-16156 Thanks for sharing :-)<br>John<br><br><a href="http://thenewsempire.com">http://thenewsempire.com</a> Thanks for sharing :-)
John

http://thenewsempire.com

]]> By: Tia http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/#comment-16109 Tia Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:48:17 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1797#comment-16109 I'd like instructions on how you got the facebook profile box in your sidebar, and the "friend me" button as well. Thanks. I'd like instructions on how you got the facebook profile box in your sidebar, and the “friend me” button as well. Thanks.

]]> By: Sam http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/#comment-15981 Sam Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:48:39 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1797#comment-15981 "the company generated more buzz in the Valley since Google went public"<br><br>what a strange sentence. “the company generated more buzz in the Valley since Google went public”

what a strange sentence.

]]> By: AndrewLee http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/#comment-15975 AndrewLee Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:35:24 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1797#comment-15975 Nick, it would seem that with the combination of Connect and posting on the Feed, the hope is that Facebook will become the first page you go to on the web to see your friend's actions on the web. Nick, it would seem that with the combination of Connect and posting on the Feed, the hope is that Facebook will become the first page you go to on the web to see your friend's actions on the web.

]]> By: MarketingPunk http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/#comment-15967 MarketingPunk Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:00:31 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1797#comment-15967 As a users, the new look has increased my Facebook usage massively. As Facebook started getting more and more MySpacey with all the damn applications, I maybe looked at it once a week. Now I am on at least once or twice a day. <br><br>Sucks for app developers for sure, but I feel like the continued appification of Facebook's prime real estate would have eventually led to an exodus of users like me. As a users, the new look has increased my Facebook usage massively. As Facebook started getting more and more MySpacey with all the damn applications, I maybe looked at it once a week. Now I am on at least once or twice a day.

Sucks for app developers for sure, but I feel like the continued appification of Facebook's prime real estate would have eventually led to an exodus of users like me.

]]> By: dbrowell http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/the-future-of-widgets-on-facebook-dead/#comment-15965 dbrowell Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:27:47 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=1797#comment-15965 I would argue that widgets could start evolving a bit to serve Pages. The concept of "using" widgets would change as well. I can envision widgets designed and marketed specifically for institutions and brands to put on their Facebook Fan Pages for manipulation by visitors - but this model has less of a viral one-to-one quality and more about leveraging new features on popular pages to their fans.... I would argue that widgets could start evolving a bit to serve Pages. The concept of “using” widgets would change as well. I can envision widgets designed and marketed specifically for institutions and brands to put on their Facebook Fan Pages for manipulation by visitors - but this model has less of a viral one-to-one quality and more about leveraging new features on popular pages to their fans….

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