Comments on: Facebook Is Kinda OK but Largely Overrated

By: James

James — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:49:46 +0000

If you are tired of myspace but want a way to connect with artists and musicians then you should check out http://www.putiton.com
If you are tired of myspace all together than you should probably leave your bedroom and go interact with the real world and by real world I don't mean the tv show…

By: Jim Cook Brewer of Sam Adams

Jim Cook Brewer of Sam Adams — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:29:28 +0000

i really cant believe u would even write about that…i can see this post mattering to high school and college kids…and thats it…get back to writing about poker please…much more productive…

By: mattmaroon

mattmaroon — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:58:01 +0000

Got any good ideas as to how they might capitalize?

By: Rudy

Rudy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:55:44 +0000

The main difference between myspace and facebook in my opinion is that Myspace is used as a way to expess yourself and you're personality, whereas Facebook is used for its utility of providing information about what is happening with you're friends. I use both a fair amount, and think both have their own qualities and downsides, however I think that Facebook will be more valuable in the long run.

I do have to say that as a daily (often multiple times) user of Facebook, I do not click on their advertisements. I think that in the long-run revenue will have to come from other sources or forms of advertising.

By: tgdf34

tgdf34 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:14:33 +0000

The whole “_______ Is Kinda OK but Largely Overrated” pretty much sums up my feelings for nearly every web start up.

By: Siqi Chen

Siqi Chen — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:08:15 +0000

What is the empirical evidence that their use is decreasing? To the contrary:

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_detai…

By: Siqi Chen

Siqi Chen — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:06:31 +0000

Two things: a good chunk of MySpace's 190 million users are largely fake profiles with no real identity information behind them – profiles for companies, bands, and spammers. I'd bet bottom dollar that Facebook will over take them well within two years. The trend is pretty clear, even not accounting for MySpace's blatant page view inflation through poor usability:

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_detai…

I never asserted that they are worth more than Google now, but properly executing on that kind of control, in the long term, could be enough to do it. I'm saying it's plausible.

By: mattmaroon

mattmaroon — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:53:53 +0000

Empirical evidence (i.e. their utter lack of profitability and decreasing use by average users) would seem to indicate that it isn't me who is failing to get it.

By: ben

ben — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:59:35 +0000

Wow you really dont get it eh?

By: mattmaroon

mattmaroon — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:40:51 +0000

I don't understand how you can argue that they have a monopoly when they're in a distant second place. And even if they were, I would definitely disagree with your assertion that it's worth anywhere near what Google is.