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With the introduction of Facebook's new marketplace, they seemed to have ventured into a territory that Uloop has tried to claim. Uloop ads can be seen plastere
by kyro 19y ago
With the introduction of Facebook's new marketplace, they seemed to have ventured into a territory that Uloop has tried to claim. Uloop ads can be seen plastered allover Facebook and has been gaining much traction lately with their success at various campuses.
Two of my friends were asked to leave school and work for Uloop for a year based on the fact that they would be receiving more VC money in about a month or so. Now I am wondering whether they will be granted such funding with Facebook's newest development.
What do you guys think? Will Uloop, a company that's been utilizing Facebook's popularity to gain traction and users, be crushed by the very company that has probably been Uloop's most important venue of advertising?
- danw 19y agoI think that facebook, like google, has become another company that startups should steer clear of. Just like Google dominates the information gathering space, Facebook is now becoming a one stop shop for social/communication tools. Why use twitter when all your friends use facebook status? O'r why use a dating site when all your peers are on the book? You can see that most students don't use flickr or zooomr because they have facebook photos already. I've noticed that since all my friends have become heavy facebook users that we no longer use IM at all and that SMS usage is dropping. We instead just send facebook messages, wall posts or share links/youtube clips using fbook shares. On the up side facebook + api = universal buddy list. You wont have to worry about importing all your friends to the latest cool social app because everyone is already on facebook.