Comments on: Facebook Redesign (and other thoughts on Facebook)

By: peter bordes

peter bordes — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:55:15 +0000

Facebook is notorious for making changes and not notifying users, app makers and marketers. Several great RSS apps shut down because they were constantly having to monitor and make changes due to being blind sided by Facebook.

A few weeks ago changes were made that radically effected our large a rapidly growing social media affiliate partners.

There really needs to be a mechanism for Facebook and google to be able to communicate to users and marketers more effectively. The changes have adverse ripple effects that can be avoided.

This is a great function the newly formed Performance Marketing Alliance PMA can do to better serve the community by being a communication channel for services to the marketing community…

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:38:03 +0000

I think what's most interesting here is EA is building Facebook apps now. Maybe social networks can monetize the same way video games monetize.

By: Pat Grady

Pat Grady — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:51:21 +0000

"I just don’t get the people who are sending around the petition hysterical that FB will be shut down."

I know what you mean, but I also know you do understand it. Two of the essential things that long surviving online marketers have honed are don't overreact (you'll be too busy chasing nothing) -and- recognize that you're somewhat alone in your learned nonchalance.

Not everyone wants to be as cool as us David.

By: Mark Mitchell

Mark Mitchell — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:37:08 +0000

So if Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook along with the code are the Germans who stole Facebook from him now off the hook:) Seems like it should be called “Casebook”. The case against MZ just keeps getting better and better.

By: David Lewis

David Lewis — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:24:57 +0000

Mark, thanks for your comment. Did they Germans steal the code while working for FB or did they see it online and copy it? If it's the latter, did they use an idea that has been online without any patent protection? It is very different if they had an employment agreement and had access to confidential information of the company (not to mention in the same country).

I just don't get the people who are sending around the petition hysterical that FB will be shut down.