DISQUS

Eric - I did it to poke fun at him. I have nothing against him. Hey Scoble, hope you're reading! :)

If I had the body to look good in a bikini, I'd have a shot at that job too.

Oh speedos...

Good luck to everyone. I can't wait to read some of the responses.

All I can say is: Interesting move...

It's just smart of Facebook, really. Simple feature, very likely to be used heavily. THe quesiton is whether likes will bump up a news feed story like it does with FF.

That sounds a lot like beacon, JenDV. "Your friend Theresa bought Harry Potter for Mary. Why don't you get her a Harry Potter DVD?"

Remember what happened with beacon? It burned because it revealed to people who got what for X-mas, it took information people didn't want taken, and it became a mini media firestorm.

They'll try again through Facebook connect, but it's not as simple as you said.

The answer: Data.

Facebook has an incredible wealth of data. They know who you are, what you like, what you hate, and who your friends are.

If you have all that knowledge when you met someone for a sale, how tough would it really be to sell them?

Facebook, YouTube, and others need to find a way to transform that data into a sale. It's the presentation part that's stumping people.

The timeframe for the sale isn't very long at all. The nice thing with Google is that you immediately get the ads at the exact moment you're thinking about it. You are getting residual ads and, while relevant, are only truly useful at the moment you posted that status update. Hitting you right after that would be their best bet with an ad you aren't already blind to.

That's a really interesting point, Kim! Demographic advertising does work, but maybe it should be used as a "disqualifier" of certain ads rather the driver of ads.

Facebook needs to create new ways to gather time-based data on its users. That way it can make ads more relevant in a timely fashion. Maybe they would have more success using keywords inside of status updates rather than demographics and Oprah ads?

i think I just found a new goal for my next Mashable article!

No problem at all!

Awwwwwww, it's playing with a football!

Now throw a female into the mix and see what happens.

I'm simply mesmerized by the animated snow globe. I'm so easily entertained...

Seems like a useful tool.

However, seems like a spammer's dream. Going to take a LOT more oversight than it may be worth to deal with spammers autofollowing their target audience...

You have control still. I choose to make my life an open book on the net. Anything I don't want out, I keep in my head. You just have to find the balance you're comfortable with, or use the tools that protect your privacy enough.

But like I said in #5, it'll start another ethics war.

Glad you like The Next Big Sound. I know the guys personally. Now I have to figure out why I didn't go to the TECHcocktail last week. Damn.

Amazingly clever and smart. There's no doubt that his example of effective Internet use is going to spread across to the rest of the public sector and further expand in the private sector.

I need a teleporter to New York.

Emoticons to brighten our world or annoy our friends!

Absolutely true. My thinking goes Project --> Venture --> Business/Startup

And LJ, absolutely right - I despise it when a person calls themselves CEO just because a piece of paper they filed says so. I used to be that, even. *sigh*

chris: I was being satirical with #1. That's why I added "maybe on second thought..." at the end.

Sorry to scare you!

Sounds like fun.

I've been following the Rev3 Beta very carefully, especially since Walt Ribeiro is part of the line-up. Good luck Walt!

As people become more comfortable with using dating sites for, well, dating and relationship purposes, the types and trends will only go. I've followed and written about sites trying to do new things like Dating DNA and Youniverse.

Hm...now I have an interesting article in mind...

Sounds like when I created Students Against Facebook News Feed...

Porn on the Internet? My God!

Porn on FriendFeed was long overdue. There's going to be freaks that just flood the thing with porn at some point...