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The future of Facebook is not targeting you on 'a social network', its opening up an ad-sense competitor and targeting you on any website - with your personal i

The future of Facebook is not targeting you on 'a social network', its opening up an ad-sense competitor and targeting you on any website - with your personal information. The like and connect buttons are just the first step. With that in mind it sounds like a good deal to me.

yesbabyyes 16y ago
I'm surprised how few people seem to see this opportunity. They should be able to grab a huge part of online advertising. Also, I have a feeling that a lot of big media would like to stick it to Google, and would rather get their ads from Facebook instead.
- matthewcford 16y ago
  Considering their TOS for the graph data - summary don't use the data to target ads, its just a matter of time before they launch this.
nas 16y ago
So why would people want to be Facebook users? What value are they getting besides targeted ads? I find it amusing to see people trying to imagine theoretical ways Facebook could earn income to justify their insane valuation. It is essentially the very definition of speculation. A prudent investor wouldn't touch that shit with a ten foot pole.
- ericd 16y ago
  So why would people want to be Facebook users? What value are they getting besides targeted ads? Erm... people like talking and interacting with their friends, and facebook makes that extremely easy? Ways it could make money in the future - since it could act as the online identity of a substantial portion of internet users, and gets the attention of a significant portion of those daily or weekly, there are a hell of a lot of ways.
  - bad_user 16y ago
    If the noise gets unbearable, people will stop interacting on Facebook. E.g. every time I login I'm seeing lots of invites for stupid games and lots of my friends taking stupid quizzes/tests (like, "what does your birth month make you?", or other stupid shit like that). I've blocked as many apps as I could, I even deleted people from the friends list ... but it doesn't help, as the noise keeps getting more unbearable every day (no, I don't care about what my friends ate for breakfast). The only time I found Facebook useful was when I contacted a friend who changed his phone number. But that's about it in 2 years since I've had the account.
    - ericd 16y ago
      I'm near the low end of login frequency, probably, but it's usually the go-to place to organize parties and share photos. People also seem to like its messaging quite a bit. The notifications are pretty easy to ignore nowadays, but my friends don't seem to be playing Farmville/Mafia Wars as much as they used to.
Swannie 16y ago
One step closer to a Bladerunner future!

yesbabyyes 16y ago

I'm surprised how few people seem to see this opportunity. They should be able to grab a huge part of online advertising. Also, I have a feeling that a lot of big media would like to stick it to Google, and would rather get their ads from Facebook instead.

matthewcford 16y ago
Considering their TOS for the graph data - summary don't use the data to target ads, its just a matter of time before they launch this.

nas 16y ago

So why would people want to be Facebook users? What value are they getting besides targeted ads? I find it amusing to see people trying to imagine theoretical ways Facebook could earn income to justify their insane valuation. It is essentially the very definition of speculation. A prudent investor wouldn't touch that shit with a ten foot pole.

ericd 16y ago
So why would people want to be Facebook users? What value are they getting besides targeted ads? Erm... people like talking and interacting with their friends, and facebook makes that extremely easy? Ways it could make money in the future - since it could act as the online identity of a substantial portion of internet users, and gets the attention of a significant portion of those daily or weekly, there are a hell of a lot of ways.
- bad_user 16y ago
  If the noise gets unbearable, people will stop interacting on Facebook. E.g. every time I login I'm seeing lots of invites for stupid games and lots of my friends taking stupid quizzes/tests (like, "what does your birth month make you?", or other stupid shit like that). I've blocked as many apps as I could, I even deleted people from the friends list ... but it doesn't help, as the noise keeps getting more unbearable every day (no, I don't care about what my friends ate for breakfast). The only time I found Facebook useful was when I contacted a friend who changed his phone number. But that's about it in 2 years since I've had the account.
  - ericd 16y ago
    I'm near the low end of login frequency, probably, but it's usually the go-to place to organize parties and share photos. People also seem to like its messaging quite a bit. The notifications are pretty easy to ignore nowadays, but my friends don't seem to be playing Farmville/Mafia Wars as much as they used to.

Swannie 16y ago

One step closer to a Bladerunner future!