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The flip side is that you wouldn't have a company to begin with without Facebook and you probably made some money in the initial gold rush. Facebook is also pa
by necrecious 17y ago
The flip side is that you wouldn't have a company to begin with without Facebook and you probably made some money in the initial gold rush.
Facebook is also partnering with Zynga for some dating thing. So the lesson here is that you don't want to build on a platform that isn't making money and can only make money by competing directly with platform adopters.
- liuliu 17y agoI think that the claim is misleading. If adopters on a platform can make money, you can always make money from that platform, whether from charging the end user, charging the application developer or driving by advertisement.
- jkincaid 17y agoFYI, that Zynga/FB dating thing was a joke ;-). I'm sure many of you frown on April Fools day, but I enjoy getting the chance to show off my sense of humor (or lack thereof) once in a while: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/01/facebook-to-launch-relationships-at-f8-teams-with-zynga-to-spur-romance-through-gaming/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/01/facebook-to-launch-relation...