So an address book?
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Patrick Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > They are relevant in that they provide a platform for everyone to get and > stay connected with anyone they have ever known. I am defining mainstream as > non cutting edge (read fickle) users. By appealing to tech laggards there is > less risk that they suffer the fate of Friendster. Inertia will work in > their favor. > > Patrick V. Barrett > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Will > Evans > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:36 AM > To: Patrick Barrett > Cc: jeff lippiatt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] The New Facebook Redesign: The Beginning of The > End? > > How are they relevant and how do you define mainstream? Everyone (except > me) goes there - for what purpose? > > I wonder how they might monetize their eyeballs relative to others, and why > they even matter? I argue they don't, and they can't. > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Patrick Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > Facebook is just now becoming relevant to a mainstream audience--something > no other social network has done before. Their traffic and membership > continue to grow at a pretty good clip. I don't have the answer for how they > can monetize their traffic, but I think moving beyond college students is a > smart move. > > Patrick Barrett > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of jeff > lippiatt > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] The New Facebook Redesign: The Beginning of The > End? > > Weighing in. > Facebook became obsolete a while ago. Soon to become the relic of > Yahoo, aka Geocities. > All of these sites will eventually fail unless they address something > of value. Currently they are all riding the plummet of social > entertainment. They have mainly ignored their core audiences: Myspace > was music, Facebook was college students and grad students. Both have > annoying advertisements that have no context...just battering people > over the head to make advertising money on which is steadily > declining...How long do you really need to stay on either site to > catch up? Not long, because all of the new changes you can get a > snapshot of everything now in under 5 minutes. That leaves no > incentive to stay on the site. All the widgets and mini-apps that bog > down both sites are 99% pointless because people just add and delete > them sometimes within hours or minutes. > In summation, you can't please everyone any of the time. They > abandoned their niches and have been sliding downhill since. Social > entertainment is not robust enough to keep users online and engaged. > I use both Myspace and Facebook, but am not pleased with either. I > use them mostly for keeping up with friends and birthdays and posting > pictures of my some what ridiculous but fun cooking antics. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org<http://ixda.org> > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33019 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... 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