Re: Facebook is IKEA, MySpace is Las Vegas

Mike — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:41:40 -0000

I think that even without the research most people would notice this divide. I myself was looking for a place to create an online community and noticed that it was hard to find the professionals like I can find on a site like LinkedIn but with the features like a Ning. I think that Ning will continue to grow at the expense of MySpace and Facebook, but that the profession community still needs to find a place to really collaborate. Please like Zoodango or Konnects for example. Sites that focus on professionals. Konnects recently made it as easy as Ning to create your own social network (http://www.konnects.com/communities), but adds business features and allows you to make money with your community through ad revenue and subscriptions.

Re: How Can MySpace Beat Facebook At Its Own Game?

Mike — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:14:45 -0000

I think you are spot on regarding the revenue. Facebook will have to make sure there is a win:win situation or else the applicaiton pool will dry up except for applications that try to pull Facebook users to other sites (didn't LinkedIn just create a little application for Facebook users...). At the same time too many applications will create chaos and then you get the same usability mess MySpace is in.
I think sites like Ning (http://www.ning.com) and Konnects (http://www.konnects.com) seem to have a better approach both allow people to create their own social network and both share ad revenue with the creators. Ning seems focused on just the social part while Konnects says it is for professionals.
Also don't you think the API hype is just that? It is nice to create applications for Facebook but I can do the same for Google or Yahoo. It is nothing new.

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