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Re: Like, Facebook is so over, dude

Sebastien Provencher — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:17:20 -0000

I think "grown-ups" who jumped on Facebook in the last few months and industry pundits (like you and me) who "discovered" Facebook last summer are coming to the realization that Facebook is really just a place to have fun and re-connect with old friends. That's not a bad thing as it's teaching social media etiquette to a whole generation of online users but it's not (yet?) a killer must-use site. I explored that concept in a recent blog post called "Facebook is just a game".

And like you, I find myself using Twitter more and more as a business tool.

Re: My social map is totally decentralized but I want it back on my blog

Sebastien Provencher — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:18:48 -0000

I think you've captured an important point about all these great new social services. We can't be expected to decentralize our web usage for long. We'll need to pick one place where we want to live our web life and embed these decentralized services in there.

Re: Krillion — a local shopping search engine

Sebastien Provencher — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:43:23 -0000

Seems similar to what Stepup.com (who was recently acquired by Intuit) is already doing. As far as I can see, the main difference is Stepup distributes its content in other local search engines to build up distribution.

Re: Updated: Is Take-Two distracting Electronic Arts from opportunities like Facebook gaming?

Sebastien Provencher — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:23:39 -0000

Re: Facebook gaming. EA can certainly take some of the blame for the whole Facebook Scrabble/Scrabulous fracas. It seems they were caught asleep at the wheel on that one.

Re: Hype met: iPhone indeed puts the Internet in your pocket

Sebastien Provencher — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:51:26 -0000

I'm surprised they don't mention Google Maps (i.e. local search) usage. According to Google, they received a surprisingly high amount of mobile traffic to Google Maps from the iPhone.

Re: What He Said…

Sebastien Provencher — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:13:17 -0000

So, in fact, they become curator of content instead of (or in addition to) creator of content. Smart. It's what every traditional media out there should be doing...

Re: Can A Facebook Group Save a Magazine?

Sebastien Provencher — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:40:50 -0000

I'm preparing a blog post explaining my theory behind how the group caught fire and we managed to get a large number of influencers quickly. I think Techmeme played a major role.

Re: Entrepreneurs Unite! Let’s Do Breakfast in Montreal

Sebastien Provencher — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:42:54 -0000

I suspect I'm one of the people Sylvain is talking about. Count me in.

Re: Entrepreneurs Unite! Let’s Do Breakfast in Montreal

Sebastien Provencher — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:01:35 -0000

Another interesting (and classic!) greasy spoon for breakfast on the Plateau is Ty-Coq, on Mont-Royal Est (between Papineau and Delorimier).

Re: Entrepreneurs Unite! Let’s Do Breakfast in Montreal

Sebastien Provencher — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:13:16 -0000

David,

You're more than welcome! You'll bring the VC point of view to the whole Web entrepreneur discussion and it's sorely lacking in Montreal.

Re: Get The Answers You Need With LinkedIn

Sebastien Provencher — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:22:28 -0000

Ben,

I've used LinkedIn answers a dozen times already and I'm amazed at the quality and speed I get answers back. I've answered some questions as well, to give back to the community. When I ask myself a very specific business question, I turn to LinkedIn answers instead of searching Google as it becomes more efficient time-wise.

Re: 2007/01/04/linkedin-answers/

Sebastien Provencher — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:48:40 -0000

Not really unexpected. They mentioned it in MarketWatch two weeks ago (http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.asp...)

Re: 2007/01/04/linkedin-answers/

Sebastien Provencher — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:50:07 -0000

Sorry! MarketWatch article...

Re: Do A-list bloggers have a responsibility to link to others?

Sebastien Provencher — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:11:40 -0000

Hi Robert,

If you want to check it out, the Praized Blog covers what I call Local 2.0: where Local meets Social.

Re: TechMeme’s founder on my link blog

Sebastien Provencher — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:56:39 -0000

I agree with " I’m surprised more industry insiders don’t know about it or follow it". I like TechMeme because it combines technology and business. It's the first thing I look at every morning and I check it out a couple of times during the day. It replaced Digg Technology for me.

Re: What I learned

Sebastien Provencher — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:50:20 -0000

Robert,

I think what you did with your videos was trying to put in words what you felt intuitively in the Web zeitgeist. You learn by experience and you try to share those intuitions with us. I think you ruffled some cartesian feathers when you tried to support you theory but it does not matter. You contributed to making all of us think more about how social media & social search could impact our ecosystem. People will build on these ideas and improve them.

Re: Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Sebastien Provencher — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:57:50 -0000

I think the next evolution might be consumers becoming the new advertising entity through word-of-mouth recommendations to other consumers. I explored that today in my "From I am Media to I am Advertising" blog post.