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"If Facebook really wants to get profitable it needs to get smaller by kicking-off users who don’t make it money. Then it has to be be really nice to the ones t
by kevinh 16y ago
"If Facebook really wants to get profitable it needs to get smaller by kicking-off users who don’t make it money. Then it has to be be really nice to the ones they keep."
As far as I can see, this contradicts most of what he was talking about previously. If you kick the people off of Facebook who don't make them much money, you'll be kicking off the people who don't play Farmville or Mafia Wars, and you will be left with an even worse signal to noise ratio.
Despite that, I thought it was an interesting article.
- ori_b 16y agoThe reason people use facebook is because everyone is there. Get rid of that network effect by kicking off 90% of users, and facebook has just suicided.
- stcredzero 16y agoBetter curation of posts is what's needed. The rushing torrent of information is useless. We need to reward those who post interesting things and penalize those who post drivel, without alienating friends. We also need better filters.
- mrvir 16y agoCringely gives good advice would facebook target to be a web service. Seems clear that their first goal is not to be a popular web service but to harvest data. Business wise this makes sense as the potential value of that huge pile of information should surpass the earnings of any subscription site.