I think FB should fund companies to use its API. The passionate, young facebook-loving leaders of these ventures would love FB that much more. The API needs to gain traction fast, and if FB gave funding, they could influence the kind of services which are available. FB could target larger ambitions than people might individually dare approach.
Comment by David
September 5, 2006 @ 12:05 pm
The book is a good read, Karel. You captured the ethos of the place (in my limited exposure) and a substantial degree of the vision and drive which is secret to their success.
Comment by william wingo
September 13, 2006 @ 6:58 am
This is why I started my blog.If Facebook
would allow me to partner, my magazine already has a database of networkers
in the traditional mode!
also read:
MYSPACE - is the talk about how they are trying to limit youtube from posting /linking from their site. seem as if they have gone corporate on a great grass roots medium. thats what happens when money rules. it would be great to see if myspacers rebell and let the corporate bigwigs know that in a web 2.0 era the people are in POWER!
SOCIALIZR- http://www.socializr.com a new social networking site has os being when I tried to sign-up I got the follwing message: “Sorry, you don’t seem to be on our Gamma Testing list.” How UN social is that? It seems to already be blocking out early adapters. So whats up with being a on “A list”? who are the “A lister’s” anyway? Also,where is the Socialzr BLOG? So where’sthe beef? Myspace the #1 social networker tries to BLOCK as well as startup Socialzr. Hmm!
Comment by Massimo Moruzzi
June 9, 2007 @ 12:16 am
Hi Karel,
I’m not sure that “influencing” the developers with VC -and hence what is developed - is what facebook wants. Actually, it seems to me they are already offering what is most interesting (and often expensive) to a start-up, i.e. the possibility to put out their prototype asap and for free in front of a strong internet community and see if it gets any traction.
cheers and thanks for the book,
ciao,
Massimo
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