Weixi - another thing to point out is that he ASSUMED this feature was important to people, but never actually did any research to find out if that was the case!
On Nov 26, 2007 11:51 AM, Weixi Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is an interesting story with an intricate analysis about the failure of > Friendster, but I think it's analyzing a bit too much. > > Frienster failed because they couldn't make a good business decision to cut > a feature - the one that shows the degree of separation between friends. > Anyone remember this? > > [ Me > Friend 1 > Friend 2 > Friend I'm currently viewing. ] > > I've personally worked on an algorithm for this feature as a prototype demo > for a client when Friendster was still in its first year and realized that > even on a small sample size (50 users), this algorithm would slow down the > servers considerably. > > Everyone I talked to quit specifically due to those load times as well. > It's not a problem that can be fixed with more servers. To say that this is > a structural failure of the VC system is a bit out of line. > > My guess is that Abrams is blaming the VC system when it was probably due to > his own inability to make a good business decision and cut a tumorous > feature that no one needed. This should have been done early on and it > shouldn't have even made it into public beta. > > > > > > On Nov 25, 2007 7:33 PM, Mike Scarpiello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > This is a little long, but a really great analysis of the first social > > networking site - > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2k86l9 > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
