Comments on: Facebook and YahooBuzz: The Power Couple http://regulargeek.com/2008/05/02/facebook-and-yahoobuzz-the-power-couple/ Where programming, the internet and social media collide. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:34:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: admin http://regulargeek.com/2008/05/02/facebook-and-yahoobuzz-the-power-couple/comment-page-1/#comment-191 admin Mon, 05 May 2008 19:49:07 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=48#comment-191 @Robin Facebook is hard to figure out yet. Some of the applications are purely entertainment and that may be good enough for many users. However utility will become important, instead of just existence. If you look at LinkedIn, they have added the questions/answers stuff in the past few months. That is how your network and you provide value. Not sure yet how this really translates in the Facebook case. @Robin

Facebook is hard to figure out yet. Some of the applications are purely entertainment and that may be good enough for many users. However utility will become important, instead of just existence. If you look at LinkedIn, they have added the questions/answers stuff in the past few months. That is how your network and you provide value. Not sure yet how this really translates in the Facebook case.

]]> By: Robin Cannon http://regulargeek.com/2008/05/02/facebook-and-yahoobuzz-the-power-couple/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Robin Cannon Mon, 05 May 2008 19:35:54 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=48#comment-190 Excellent article. I think the seperation between social media for early adopters and social media "for the masses" is well worth examining. I spoke a little bit about this recently on my own blog, where I identified the average web user as a tourist whereas we might consider ourselves residents. I probably underestimate the value of Facebook. I've been very doubtful about its value in the past, because I don't think it provides any great functionality. But I think I'm realising that actually most users don't want a great deal of functionality in the same sense that I do. Excellent article. I think the seperation between social media for early adopters and social media “for the masses” is well worth examining. I spoke a little bit about this recently on my own blog, where I identified the average web user as a tourist whereas we might consider ourselves residents.

I probably underestimate the value of Facebook. I’ve been very doubtful about its value in the past, because I don’t think it provides any great functionality. But I think I’m realising that actually most users don’t want a great deal of functionality in the same sense that I do.

]]> By: Ionela http://regulargeek.com/2008/05/02/facebook-and-yahoobuzz-the-power-couple/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Ionela Sat, 03 May 2008 10:26:52 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=48#comment-184 Thank you! Thank you!

]]> By: admin http://regulargeek.com/2008/05/02/facebook-and-yahoobuzz-the-power-couple/comment-page-1/#comment-183 admin Sat, 03 May 2008 09:07:17 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=48#comment-183 @Ionela Ah, I forgot about that part. Currently, Buzz does not accept post submissions, they only include content from sites that they approve. @Ionela

Ah, I forgot about that part. Currently, Buzz does not accept post submissions, they only include content from sites that they approve.

]]> By: Ionela http://regulargeek.com/2008/05/02/facebook-and-yahoobuzz-the-power-couple/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Ionela Sat, 03 May 2008 08:44:51 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=48#comment-182 hello, how can I submit an article on buzz? thanks! hello,
how can I submit an article on buzz?
thanks!

]]> By: Facebook and YahooBuzz: The Power Couple | My Geek Solutions http://regulargeek.com/2008/05/02/facebook-and-yahoobuzz-the-power-couple/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Facebook and YahooBuzz: The Power Couple | My Geek Solutions Fri, 02 May 2008 18:26:33 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=48#comment-180 [...] techpaul wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAs I watched FriendFeed and Twitter scroll by with updates about social media, lifestreaming and the mainstream, I realized something. I think the “early adopters” are wrong. For lack of a better option, I am lumping myself in this … [...] [...] techpaul wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAs I watched FriendFeed and Twitter scroll by with updates about social media, lifestreaming and the mainstream, I realized something. I think the “early adopters” are wrong. For lack of a better option, I am lumping myself in this … [...]

]]> By: Louis Gray http://regulargeek.com/2008/05/02/facebook-and-yahoobuzz-the-power-couple/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Louis Gray Fri, 02 May 2008 17:24:48 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=48#comment-179 No problem at all. This conversation around what's an early adopter, and how things are going to get mainstream or not... is fun, but premature, in my opinion. Some analyst firms look at a hype cycle, where something gets hyped, then you get disillusionment, and then a plateau, and growth. We'll watch as each of these services does the same thing. Some might not ever get out of the trough of disillusionment, and others will be doing TV ads in a few years. :-) No problem at all. This conversation around what’s an early adopter, and how things are going to get mainstream or not… is fun, but premature, in my opinion. Some analyst firms look at a hype cycle, where something gets hyped, then you get disillusionment, and then a plateau, and growth. We’ll watch as each of these services does the same thing. Some might not ever get out of the trough of disillusionment, and others will be doing TV ads in a few years. :-)

]]> By: admin http://regulargeek.com/2008/05/02/facebook-and-yahoobuzz-the-power-couple/comment-page-1/#comment-178 admin Fri, 02 May 2008 17:14:01 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=48#comment-178 @Louis, my humblest apologies. I went through the post a bunch of times because I know spell checkers only work for some things. @Louis, my humblest apologies. I went through the post a bunch of times because I know spell checkers only work for some things.

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