Facebook is on a tear. There are rumors that their total page views will surpass some of the top internet sites in the next few months. 85%+ of all college students us it and 70% of them log in daily.
Somehow a post I wrote on Facebook back in September is the number two search result on Google for “Facebook” and the post is consistently one of the top three traffic generators for TechCrunch. The result is that the comments section of the post continues to attract college students leaving their thougths.
An early comment attacked Facebook, saying:
I think that the Facebook is worse than pornography. It’s all about sex, swearing and drinking. What kind of example is it setting to college students who’re supposed to be doing their work? Thanks to this nasty website, students now think that you gotta be drinking all the time to be cool.
Interesting stuff going on out there on the internet.
I disagree with Jeff’s comment, although Facebook might be a fad site. In fact, up until the past couple of months, the Facebook was a very poorly designed site, both programatically and aesthetically. Of recent, it has been overhauled, but I would still not consider it an “oogle” site. I believe, however, that the downfall of that site could be adding too much functionality, too many adds, and overcrowding the page with junk. If a reinvention is to come, it should be to simplify the design, such as in the way Techcrunch looks and feels, yet offer it’s users greater power vertically.
This site does not necessarily (and that’s the key) need to identify social network leaders, as it’s word-of-mouth infection has been the driving force behind its success. I believe, to stay fresh they are going to have to reduce the number of features the site offers, but increase the vertical ability of each. For example, adding greater functionality to the email feature, or collaborating with Flickr or another photo service to enhance album features.
I do not believe this site will ever have to move to a new domain per say.
Like all social networking sites are, it is a fad.
The party will end once the app sucks in all your contacts.
Getting laid with Facebook’s help? It will end once it becomes a history of your miss deeds and guess what people can track who you have been in bed with.
I think the simple yet detailed features used by Facebook are a great beginning. I’ve used it for about a year now and think they could have a serious killer app if they moved into a couple other areas. The most notable are:
1) Take on Roommates.com by adding the ability to say what you are looking for, what you are offering, etc. I used Roommates.com successfully 2 years ago and see no reason the features cannot be incorporated into Facebook
2) Take on Monster.com and others. You can even add restricted viewing so employers can only see a cover sheet, resume, CV, work history, references, etc. Again, this can be easily incorporated into the Facebook framework as is.
3) A central marketplace to hawk your wares. If nothing else, add the ability to buy/sell/trade books and lab materials to others. This ties in with a couple other ideas regarding classroom specifics.
4) Take on PickaProf.com. In addition to simply listing the classes you are enrolled in currently, have a permanent page that shows each semester schedule you have had in the past. This not only allows you to see your progress (or lack thereof) but it helps build the all-important social rolodex you can use later for business contacts (i.e. you can see who is specialized in a certain field with you even if you weren’t friends at the time).
5) Now that this permanent list of classes has been created, you can go on to say who you had for a prof, rating them in the process (hence the tie-in with PickaProf). In fact, adding the ability to list the books you used in the course could give Facebook devs the ability to link to Amazon.com and receive referral compensation.
These are the main things that stick out right now. I’ve goofed around with all the other major sites (including MySpace, Friendster, Orkut and Xuqa) but still come back to Facebook due to simplicity and elegance (I am certified to use that word).
Note: It’ll be interesting to see how Google integrates the Dodgeball service into Orkut, perhaps this is something Facebook devs can work on as well. In fact, in the long-run I wouldn’t be surprised to see a social networking site combine a blog, an RSS reader, email and a social networking framework all into one standardized GUI.
I think that facebook is the best thing ever invented. I am so interested in it that I am even researching its metamorphosis. It intrigues me to no avail. I personally have never used it to “get sex” and do not look at it as a source of making new friends. I look at it as a netowrking tool. Good job whoever thought of it! THANK YOU!
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