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"Clearly social graphs are fragile." I come across this sentiment all the time and I'm thinking that maybe it's completely wrong. Maybe it's not the social gra
by dot 16y ago
"Clearly social graphs are fragile."
I come across this sentiment all the time and I'm thinking that maybe it's completely wrong. Maybe it's not the social graph that is fragile, but crappy companies. Every one of Facebook's predecessors did something wrong. Too much downtime, bad design, corporate interests, spam, etc.
I don't see Facebook making many (big) mistakes.
- dralison 16y agoThe larger the company, the more complacent they get. They become tied to their legacy and have a difficult time adapting to a changing world. This is magnified dramatically in today's tech environment. I think Facebook is just a privacy breach (or stupid privacy decision) away from becoming a company that can rapidly accelerate their time on the upside of the bell curve.
- TomOfTTB 16y agoI agree with your overall theory but not with your conclusion. I think Facebook is making two big mistakes... 1. Thinking that everyone agrees that privacy is dead 2. Still having not found a way to allow users to separate groups in an effective way (e.g. it's now possible to keep Mom from seeing those party pics but it still isn't easy) I think developers are afraid of Facebooks dominance right now and think it's a waste of money to challenge them which is why you don't see anyone trying to exploit those flaws. But they do exist and Facebooks seen (and largely ignored) the backlash to prove it.