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I think this is what's going on with Facebook. They've had so much success in such little time. The Facebook platform managed to get an IPO and is now scrambli

I think this is what's going on with Facebook. They've had so much success in such little time. The Facebook platform managed to get an IPO and is now scrambling to justify its business model. To please shareholders, and partners, they have to "do something". So...they did. They made a mod that does Facebook without clicking on the Facebook icon. To me, its lame. Then again, I've never created a multi-billion dollar company before. Come to think of it, I've never created a multi-dollar company either. I'm not privy on how to spin a product so that someone is willing to back me with money. Facebook is an interesting company. To me (and I'm sure to most users) Facebook is just a fancy address book. Yes, it has applications running on and against it, but for the most part its a wall of text and pics to view bits of information. As for me, I just don't understand what Facebook home is. I understand what it's trying to accomplish. That part is easy and self explanatory. But, what is it really? From what I've seen so far, its just a way to use Facebook without having to "tap" the Facebook icon to ... use Facebook. That part is very disconcerting to me. Not because, its "Facebook all the time". But, that Facebook really doesn't know what else to do to leverage what its got. It seems like the engineers there are being paid to polish up Facebook over and over again. Sure, it has a new search feature that they can claim to stock holders and business partners that its even easier to pin point the data needed. Other than that, I have no clue what Facebook will become. Now, this is just the views of a man on the outside looking in. Facebook does have problems, but I wouldn't mind having those problems right now. You can say all you want about Mark, but he did create something that most people couldn't. And at a very young age. Many would dream to be in a situation where you have changed the world, made billions and still figure out what you want to be when you grow up. Sorry for the long rant...Wait, no I'm not :p

seiji 13y ago
One trick pony syndrome? Know what happens to one trick ponies? They get acquired and made irrelevant by some larger non-benevlent entity.
orangethirty 13y ago
Facebook is becoming a social search engine. Everything will be tied up to the ability to be able to find anything about anything/anybody.
- johnjlocke 13y ago
  That was the whole point of introducing Open Graph years ago. Their business model is still advertising, but more narrowly targeted than Google. I honestly think Facebook has peaked as a social hub. I know more people abandoning it now than I ever have before.
  - auxbuss 13y ago
    Facebook provides trivial value add to the user. Except for those wanting to view adverts. But there's no exclusivity in advertising, clearly. Facebook could provide value add, they could pivot, but they seem to be entrenched. It's a constant surprise to me how, very rapidly, once innovative companies become mired in their past. It's fascinating. It's almost a death wish.

seiji 13y ago

One trick pony syndrome? Know what happens to one trick ponies? They get acquired and made irrelevant by some larger non-benevlent entity.

orangethirty 13y ago

Facebook is becoming a social search engine. Everything will be tied up to the ability to be able to find anything about anything/anybody.

johnjlocke 13y ago
That was the whole point of introducing Open Graph years ago. Their business model is still advertising, but more narrowly targeted than Google. I honestly think Facebook has peaked as a social hub. I know more people abandoning it now than I ever have before.
- auxbuss 13y ago
  Facebook provides trivial value add to the user. Except for those wanting to view adverts. But there's no exclusivity in advertising, clearly. Facebook could provide value add, they could pivot, but they seem to be entrenched. It's a constant surprise to me how, very rapidly, once innovative companies become mired in their past. It's fascinating. It's almost a death wish.