Comments on: web 3.0 = facebook 2.0? http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/ Transparent Bundles- from Wall Street to the Web Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:52:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Language as Concealment « American Stranger http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-297 Language as Concealment « American Stranger Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:22:26 +0000 http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-297 [...] Blogspot, blah blah blah — are tremendously profitable and rising in power (even against Google!). A cursory glance at these sites — and I assure you I have taken much more than a glance [...] […] Blogspot, blah blah blah — are tremendously profitable and rising in power (even against Google!). A cursory glance at these sites — and I assure you I have taken much more than a glance […]

]]> By: Matt http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-258 Matt Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:28:49 +0000 http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-258 Great post! I'll have to disagree when you say that facebook users have no barriers to exit. On the contrary, I think, out of all social networks, facebook is the hardest to leave behind. This is simply because: everyone is on it. The odds of finding all of your friends on a competing network are slim to none. Now, you could cite the shift from myspace to facebook as an example of how easy it is to have users migrate, but the reason a lot of people switched is due to the insanity that is myspace. Too many meaningless friends. Too many crazy profile layouts. And Spam Spam Spam. The main drawing point to facebook is the complexity of privacy options and because it was only available to college students. Without such hardcore privacy, reluctant users would not have taken the leap of faith to put their personal info online. And what high school senior doesn't want to be part of the "exclusive social network?" Great post!

I’ll have to disagree when you say that facebook users have no barriers to exit. On the contrary, I think, out of all social networks, facebook is the hardest to leave behind. This is simply because: everyone is on it. The odds of finding all of your friends on a competing network are slim to none.

Now, you could cite the shift from myspace to facebook as an example of how easy it is to have users migrate, but the reason a lot of people switched is due to the insanity that is myspace. Too many meaningless friends. Too many crazy profile layouts. And Spam Spam Spam.

The main drawing point to facebook is the complexity of privacy options and because it was only available to college students. Without such hardcore privacy, reluctant users would not have taken the leap of faith to put their personal info online. And what high school senior doesn’t want to be part of the “exclusive social network?”

]]> By: How To Make A Case Against Facebook | How To Split An Atom http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-251 How To Make A Case Against Facebook | How To Split An Atom Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:57:46 +0000 http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-251 [...] If you listen, you’ll hear everything from “Google Killer” to the “Precursor to Web 3.0” coming out of the blogospere. Since I am a fan of long odds, I am going to go on record as [...] […] If you listen, you’ll hear everything from “Google Killer” to the “Precursor to Web 3.0” coming out of the blogospere. Since I am a fan of long odds, I am going to go on record as […]

]]> By: Will http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-242 Will Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:15:00 +0000 http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-242 Seth, Great post, really lays out what the future potential of the web is. I hope in the coming months that we (the collective web community) figures out exactly what Facebook will do for the future and how it can be monetized in a meaningful way. Will Seth,
Great post, really lays out what the future potential of the web is. I hope in the coming months that we (the collective web community) figures out exactly what Facebook will do for the future and how it can be monetized in a meaningful way.

Will

]]> By: Leathern.com » Facebook perspective from Seth Goldstein http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-241 Leathern.com » Facebook perspective from Seth Goldstein Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:40:02 +0000 http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-241 [...] perspective from Seth Goldstein Posted by: rleathern in Uncategorized Seth’s got a good perspective on what’s going on with Facebook, and the bears and bulls view thereof…. I agree with [...] […] perspective from Seth Goldstein Posted by: rleathern in Uncategorized Seth’s got a good perspective on what’s going on with Facebook, and the bears and bulls view thereof…. I agree with […]

]]> By: Andrew http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-240 Andrew Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:25:26 +0000 http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-240 Zuckerberg absolutely needs to be told that he's running a media company, not a technology company! Check out the top 8 hits on this search: http://www.google.com/search?q=zuckerberg+%22technology+company%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Zuckerberg absolutely needs to be told that he’s running a media company, not a technology company! Check out the top 8 hits on this search:

http://www.google.com/search?q=zuckerberg+%22technology+company%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

]]> By: Roger http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-239 Roger Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:54:31 +0000 http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-239 Seth, awesome post. I couldn't agree more with your thesis and am looking forward to the quantification of Facebook activity as a vehicle for measuring its efficacy. The platform WILL be monetized, rest assured. The best way of accomplishing this without adversely impacting the user experience, however, is still unclear. Looking forward to your continued thoughts on the topic. Seth, awesome post. I couldn’t agree more with your thesis and am looking forward to the quantification of Facebook activity as a vehicle for measuring its efficacy. The platform WILL be monetized, rest assured. The best way of accomplishing this without adversely impacting the user experience, however, is still unclear. Looking forward to your continued thoughts on the topic.

]]> By: Fraser http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-238 Fraser Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:34:32 +0000 http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-238 great post. so you're saying that the "time on site" metric may not be ideal? ;) great post.

so you’re saying that the “time on site” metric may not be ideal? ;)

]]> By: dave mcclure http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-233 dave mcclure Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:11:20 +0000 http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-233 pretty darn lucid seth :) and i agree on the Google juggernaut being stopped in its tracks with the launch of Platform. i've spoken to more than one Googler who seemed to be wondering whether they were still the "it" girl anymore... re: user engagement metrics, definitely the next big thing. i posted a short piece on this a few weeks ago that was pretty raw, but hope to refine it a bit further in the near future. would love to get your take on it too. http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2007/06/internet-market.html later gator, - dave mcclure pretty darn lucid seth :)

and i agree on the Google juggernaut being stopped in its tracks with the launch of Platform. i’ve spoken to more than one Googler who seemed to be wondering whether they were still the “it” girl anymore…

re: user engagement metrics, definitely the next big thing. i posted a short piece on this a few weeks ago that was pretty raw, but hope to refine it a bit further in the near future. would love to get your take on it too.

http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2007/06/internet-market.html

later gator,

- dave mcclure

]]> By: David Henderson’s Blog » Blog Archive » SocialMedia and the next NEW MEDIA http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-232 David Henderson’s Blog » Blog Archive » SocialMedia and the next NEW MEDIA Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:16:58 +0000 http://blog.sethgoldstein.com/2007/07/17/web-30-facebook-20/#comment-232 [...] My partner Seth Goldstein writes: Google died on May 24, 2007 [...] […] My partner Seth Goldstein writes: Google died on May 24, 2007 […]

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