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Re: http://www.rev2.org/2007/09/30/ebay-auction-for-facebook-app-yields-interesting-results/

Mark Mayhew — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:55:26 -0000

Thanks for all the support/kind words. This will be interesting to see how this plays out over the coming weeks and months, I can't imagine that the participants will ever admit to engaging in a phony auction, what will get them, in the end, is how the "I am Hungry" app develops (or rather, doesn't develop).
For the hell of it, I installed the "I am Hungry" app...it is as simplistic/worthless an app as I have come across, it might be worth $50, on a good day.
And notice how Lee Lorenzen, Facebook's #1 Cheerleader remains silent (after copying and pasting that nonsense above).

Re: http://www.rev2.org/2007/09/30/ebay-auction-for-facebook-app-yields-interesting-results/

Mark Mayhew — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:16:48 -0000

1) The original auction was created with no reserve and was hovering around $1.5k-$1.6k
2) After talking with us as Adonomics the developers of â€œI am Hungryâ€ realized they would be underselling if they kept it at this price.

Are you kiddin' me? At $50, they would be gettin' more than the "I am Hungry" app is worth.

3) We advised them on how to restructure the deal (a refund for developer time spent and payment to come in installments) in the hopes that it would increase the price.

Gee, how brilliant, I guess this is why "consultants" make the big bucks?!
And Lee doesn't "write" overly long posts, he "copies and pastes" his overly long posts.
5) People outbid themselves in an attempt to just barely surpass the now-hidden reserve price.
"Just barely"?! Since when is bidding $20K, when the reserve is $5K, "just barely surpassing?!

Re: http://www.rev2.org/2007/09/30/ebay-auction-for-facebook-app-yields-interesting-results/

Mark Mayhew — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:52:09 -0000

Ask Dan if you want the reserve price, donâ€™t just speculate. You donâ€™t know what it was and the information is not available publicly.
It says "no reserve", maybe there was a reserve, maybe not. Bottom line, who knows, who cares? Bottom line is that "I am Hungry" is a worthless steamin' pile of doggie dooof an app, that whomever owns it,and at whatever price they got it, is going to be a laughing stock!

Re: http://www.rev2.org/2007/09/30/ebay-auction-for-facebook-app-yields-interesting-results/

Mark Mayhew — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:38:19 -0000

So that this discussion may make more sense to you, please allow me to invite you to install the "I am Hungry" app, so that you, too, can laugh your ass off!:
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id...

Re: http://www.rev2.org/2007/09/30/ebay-auction-for-facebook-app-yields-interesting-results/

Mark Mayhew — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:57:41 -0000

Shouldn't the title of this be changed to "Ebay auction leads to 'questionable' results (not 'good')?

Re: Zuckerberg: the Greenspan of Facebook’s economy

Mark Mayhew — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:48:15 -0000

"faceosphere" doesn't do it for ya?!

Re: Facebook’s Killer Feature Coming Soon

Mark Mayhew — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:10:14 -0000

Mike, I think you mighta missed the point of Neil's post!

Re: FriendFeed Rips Off Facebook Newsfeed

Mark Mayhew — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:10:44 -0000

"Do you think an acquisition by Google will help them to rival Facebook?"
Nick, The way this is worded is not correct. The way you have worded this, it's asking if a Google acquisition occurs, will FriendFeed be competing with Facebook. (At least that's the way I read it, but then, I've been out of school for a looong time!)

Re: Valleywag Gets it Wrong

Mark Mayhew — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:45:43 -0000

I have written to the people at AppStars.com myself, info@appstars.com, but I haven't heard back. Perhaps they'll respond here, so that we sceptics can move on. Until then, I'm still sayin' that there is no way that, lookin' at the bidding history, that that ebay auction is legit.

Re: Valleywag Gets it Wrong

Mark Mayhew — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:47:01 -0000

Nick,
The title of your post should have read, "ValleyWag, WebProNews, the faceosphere, AND Rev2 Have Got It Wrong"
http://www.rev2.org/2007/09/30/ebay-auction-for...

Re: Valleywag Gets it Wrong

Mark Mayhew — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:17:43 -0000

time has told: have you installed/used the "I am Hungry" app? It is a certifiable, worthless POS excuse of an app, it is not worth $50, let alone $20,000!

Re: Valleywag Gets it Wrong

Mark Mayhew — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:36:08 -0000

Nick,
Have you looked at faceosphere.com or http://MarkMayhew.com lately?! We're still friends, aren't we?!

Re: Facebook to Cross 5,000 Applications Today

Mark Mayhew — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:30:19 -0000

I think each and every Facebook app that has been developed, or will be developed, is worth $10M (or more) each. And they will only increase in value.
I'm sorry, I thought I was Lee Lorenzen for a minute!

Re: Make Your Blog Look Like Facebook

Mark Mayhew — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:17:37 -0000

Hi,
I redirect a domain name, MarkMayhew.com, to my Facebook profile. Are there advantages to using this FB WordPress theme (instead of the FB profile, itself?)

Re: Is SuperWall Worth $10 Million?

Mark Mayhew — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:22:33 -0000

Lee,
Stop copying and pasting! Nick is right, because Facebook can develop it's own versions of apps, who in their right mind would buy something that could be essentially worthless overnight?

Re: RockYou Looking to Exit?

Mark Mayhew — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:37:22 -0000

"While it’s a big range, it would make sense that they would want to exit with the amount of buzz surrounding Facebook applications currently."

I'm trying to follow the logic here, but I'm not sure I get it; if you are high on Facebook, and think it's only going to grow and get better, doesn't it follow that the time to sell would be, well, never?

Re: The Longtail of Facebook

Mark Mayhew — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:03:25 -0000

if 84 apps are getting any kind of usage, and there are now 5,242 apps, that leaves 5,158 apps that aren't being used?!
In other words, it's a bad day to be a Facebook Fanboy?

Re: I Am Hungry Sells for $20,100

Mark Mayhew — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:20:39 -0000

hey, appstars, how come you haven't responded to my email(s)?

Re: The Longtail of Facebook

Mark Mayhew — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:35:50 -0000

Jesse,
90% of 5,000 is 4,500. If you had to put a monetary value on any one of those apps, about what would it be? $20? 50?! (I wouldn't pay five cents for one, but maybe others feel different?)

Re: Reid Hoffman at Graphing Social

Mark Mayhew — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:22:07 -0000

Reid: In theory there is nothing different between theory and practice.

*Paging "Reid": Thanks, that's the funniest thing I've read in a long time!*

Re: Valleywag Gets it Wrong

Mark Mayhew — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:56:26 -0000

nope, I have not spoken to anyone from AppStars.com. Not because I don't want to, it's because they haven't responded to my (repeated) emails.
But the joke is on them, they will forever be associated with the (worthless)"I am Hungry" app!

Re: Does Facebook Need A Golden App?

Mark Mayhew — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:28:37 -0000

isn't "I am Hungry" the Golden app?!

Re: Dan Peguine at Community Next

Mark Mayhew — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:41:04 -0000

Isn't Dan also the creator of the "I am Hungry" app? I haven't looked at the honesty Box, but what a POS "I am Hungry" was/is!

Re: 2007/10/05/oreilly-facebook-report/

Mark Mayhew — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:52:24 -0000

good post, but you shoulda posted some numbers (from the report):
Only 84 Facebook apps generate 87% of the traffic, and only 45 apps have over 100,000 users! (let's see, if there are 5,300 apps, and 84 apps get serious traffic, that leaves....5,216 Facebook apps that are 'dogs'?!)