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(Besides that I never understood that kind of feature anyway, it's a NETWORKING SITE, why be on there if no one knows it?)
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I want to see someone visit my geocities site and care to stay a second. These FB user's are dependent on that website like no other.
Facebook is a narcissistic, grandiose blackhole of a site, not just financially, but in the way it boasts a "I'm an establishment, You can't leave me" type attitude. This is a critical mistake, because this site *is* going to get old. It will die, it will wither. It will pop.
Everytime this happens, people swear "X will be around forever... It's revolutionary and connects us! Idiot!" Then 2 years later, I search their names and they're slithering away their trash on another site... You think you're a real deep person, you could write a book about yourself. Guess what, You're not.
Also, I wanted to let you know that you making a facebook profile doesn't help anyone but yourself. Go get a real job and get real success as opposed to having your idealized self on that web page. You're dreaming. You're a selfish seed.
03/23/09
I would also pay special attention to the FB not taking advantage of its current popularity. FB thinks its *active* users (not total users) will keep increasing. This is a critical mistake.
By the time Facebook reaches any sort of profitability and self-sufficiency* users will be:
1.) Tired of being new layouts and changes. "Another e-protest?"
2.) Find a superior alternative (i.e. possibly Gawker, but probably some other ridiculous VC-funded abomination)
* This is an example, this site has no hope for paying its own bills. Social networking != business.
Facebook is being funded as if it's an establishment. Facebook's time is ticking. Put the grandiose thinking aside, create a monthly fee of $10/month and get results. YOU HAVE THE POPULARITY, YOU HAVE DEPENDENT KIDS WITH $10 TO SPARE, USE IT.
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Kinda feels like the other way around now.
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1% of people would bitch if facebook sent every subscriber a $100 bill. I think it's safe to say that 1% of people just like to bitch. The aggregate polling ability of facebook turns this bitchy 1% into a bunch of squeaky wheels, but it doesn't mean the car is falling apart. Similarly, Owen can bitch especially loudly on a popular website, but this doesn't mean his opinion reflects that of the majority.
I like the new layout, as it is far more useful to me to see quickly what all my friends are doing. I also find myself responding to status messages or posts far more frequently. Anecdotal evidence? Yes. But since 99+% of facebook users apparently don't care enough about the change to complain, I feel safe in claiming the majority position.
03/23/09
- Regular uses who haven't found time to weigh in / don't want to admit they care that much and haven't weighed in.
- New users who don't know what they were missing with previous versions.
- Infrequent users who may not like it but can't be bothered with complaining.
- Users who don't care either way.
- Users who like some of the new features, but not all of them (in varying degrees).
- Users who actually love it.
Just because the vast majority has not voted doesn't mean the majority doesn't have an opinion. Direct mail or direct online response programs rarely result in 100% feedback / input / opt in, if ever - it's not how the public behaves. Marketers know that and account for that when evaluating opinions such as these. Anyone would be foolhardy to ignore ONE MILLION people saying "pfft," but then again, this is the Interwebs, 20-something year-old execs (hahaha, that even FELT funny typing it) with a big slice of ego pie on the side.
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Facebook Inc. should not make business decisions based on the whims of less than 1% of its users. Especially since those million users aren't even voting with their feet, like sparkly below.
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I'm just a simple caveman, your modern Facebook confuses and frightens me.
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Twitter has molded their service to accommodate how their users want to use it. @replies, for example, were invented by users and then rolled into the service because they were helpful.
Mark misses the mark. By ignoring his users and declaring he knows best based on, well, god knows what, he only makes Facebook weaker.
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oh, wait. you were talking about being productive......
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