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So does ExpertsExchange - what's your point? If profit were the only things that mattered then Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google could never have gotten of
by confluence 14y ago
So does ExpertsExchange - what's your point?
If profit were the only things that mattered then Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google could never have gotten off the ground. Those things hemorrhaged cash for years.
It's how startups work. They are risky. They are unlikely to succeed. They often look like complete jokes.
And that's why you have to watch them carefully. Because it's the stuff you don't notice that really gets you.
- ThomPete 14y agoMy point is that I don't understand what your point is when you keep talking about the pseudonyms.
- confluence 14y agoImagine Facebook without real names and you'll see my point.
- citricsquid 14y agoNames are just a way to tie you to an identity, if you can rely on someone to always be under the same name you can treat it just as if it were their real name (even if it isn't). I run a large forum (a community) and a huge number of people have formed value relations through it and they exist under pseudonyms. For me personally most people that know of me know me by my username (citricsquid) and wouldn't be able to tell you my real name, so if I appear on a website as "Samuel Ryan" they're not going to have a clue who I am and would gain a lot more value if I was displayed under the identity they know me as (citricsquid). The reason Facebook uses real names is just because it's how people are known in real life, Facebook exists as an extension of real life and so using real names is the sensible decision that provides most value to users.
- mooism2 14y agoAnd even then, some people sign up to Facebook using a fake name, so that they can connect to some people they know in real life while avoiding other people they know in real life. (e.g. to talk to friends while avoiding colleagues and clients.)
- ThomPete 14y agoExactly. It doesn't matter what you call yourself. What matters is whether you build a history, integrity and value around that name.
- slurgfest 14y agoThat's not hard to imagine, people did it on MySpace and Friendster. These days, Facebook isn't really much better or different from those earlier social networks.
- ThomPete 14y agoI don't actually. Real names work for facebook. That does not mean that pseudonyms do not work for others.
- adharmad 14y ago_why the lucky stiff