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Re: Facebook Apps: Why they’re focused on fun instead of utility

Adam — Mon, 12 May 2008 22:55:02 -0000

I blogged about this a while back when I saw the decline on the horizon:

http://ignighter.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/its-not-i-have-a-dream-but-its-something/

Andrew and Ben do a great job of showing the mathematics behind the decline though. Great piece guys!

Re: User retention: Why depending on notification-driven retention sucks

Adam — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:40:45 -0000

Andrew I love reading your stuff, it's always insightful and always backed by good math (despite a multiplication error now and then, then logic is always right on target haha).

I run a group dating site and this is the kind of thing we talk about often. At the end of this most recent post you start to get into the concept of deep vs. shallow apps on Facebook, and I really think that as the viral channels close up (and they've been closing very quickly as notifications are getting spammier and Facebook is cracking down on them), then I think that ultimately the only apps left standing will be ones that offer a significant value to the user, or as you say, deep apps. I wrote something about this back in March on our blog:

http://ignighter.com/blog/2008/03/31/its-not-i-have-a-dream-but-its-something/

Keep up the great work Andrew!

Re: 2008/09/11/online-dating-site-trends/

Adam — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:09:11 -0000

To follow up on Dan's comment, here's a link to a story Mashable did on the Group Dating trend: http://mashable.com/2008/08/20/group-dating-sites/

Re: http://blog.inc.com/the-entrepreneurial-agenda/2008/08/mccains_coal_contradiction_in.html

Adam — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:52:21 -0000

Hey Robb,

I love reading your stuff. I'm an entrepreneur with a startup called Ignighter.com. We're out in Boulder, CO for the summer at TechStars.

We have a great event that we're sponsoring next week in Manhattan and I'd love to give you more details about it. Basically it's a perfect marriage of entrepreneurship and the election and I think it would be right up your alley. How can I contact you to give you more details?

Thanks!
Adam Sachs