Comments on: Facebook To Launch Friend Grouping. Competition Can Suck. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:24:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Facebook Platform, One Year Later http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-2323339 Facebook Platform, One Year Later Sat, 24 May 2008 07:09:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-2323339 [...] amount of time, leading to slow responses and errors. Developers also had to deal with a constant competitive threat from the network itself - at any time Facebook could implement a new feature that could wipe them [...] [...] amount of time, leading to slow responses and errors. Developers also had to deal with a constant competitive threat from the network itself - at any time Facebook could implement a new feature that could wipe them [...]

]]> By: Web Services » Who’s your friend? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-2300984 Web Services » Who’s your friend? Fri, 16 May 2008 13:40:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-2300984 [...] TechCrunch. This entry was posted on Sunday, September 30th, 2007 at 10:46 am and is filed under We're [...] [...] TechCrunch. This entry was posted on Sunday, September 30th, 2007 at 10:46 am and is filed under We’re [...]

]]> By: Facebook To Launch Friend Grouping at iClick Solutions http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-2131625 Facebook To Launch Friend Grouping at iClick Solutions Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:49:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-2131625 [...] To read more, check out TechCrunch. [...] [...] To read more, check out TechCrunch. [...]

]]> By: New Privacy Controls for Facebook on Wednesday « Amybeth Hale - Research Goddess http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-2044779 New Privacy Controls for Facebook on Wednesday « Amybeth Hale - Research Goddess Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:10:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-2044779 [...] new privacy controls, which will launch on Wednesday morning, allow users to do more with Friend Lists. Users can now set specific privacy controls for different friend groups…[they] can create a [...] [...] new privacy controls, which will launch on Wednesday morning, allow users to do more with Friend Lists. Users can now set specific privacy controls for different friend groups…[they] can create a [...]

]]> By: Facebook To Launch New Privacy Controls; Confirms Chat Is Coming http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-2044393 Facebook To Launch New Privacy Controls; Confirms Chat Is Coming Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:50:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-2044393 [...] new privacy controls, which will launch on Wednesday morning, allow users to do more with Friend Lists. Users can now set specific privacy controls for different friend groups, said Naomi Gleit, a [...] [...] new privacy controls, which will launch on Wednesday morning, allow users to do more with Friend Lists. Users can now set specific privacy controls for different friend groups, said Naomi Gleit, a [...]

]]> By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Facebook - Trying to be friends with 400 facebook “friends” http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1893448 Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Facebook - Trying to be friends with 400 facebook “friends” Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:59:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1893448 [...] are handled by different social networks. As I was writing this post, TechCrunch announced that Facebook is going to redo the way “friends” are ranked. [...] [...] are handled by different social networks. As I was writing this post, TechCrunch announced that Facebook is going to redo the way “friends” are ranked. [...]

]]> By: Mark Zuckerberg: He put your face on a book | wannabeMogul.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1732545 Mark Zuckerberg: He put your face on a book | wannabeMogul.com Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:07:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1732545 [...] point towards Facebook integrating the tools of LinkedIn, the professional networking site. Allowing users to separate friends into groupings with separate privacy settings and providing resources for networking could easily bring in more users from the 35+ age group that [...] [...] point towards Facebook integrating the tools of LinkedIn, the professional networking site. Allowing users to separate friends into groupings with separate privacy settings and providing resources for networking could easily bring in more users from the 35+ age group that [...]

]]> By: Counterstrike: Murdoch, DeWolfe Announce MySpace Platform and New Privacy Controls http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1681364 Counterstrike: Murdoch, DeWolfe Announce MySpace Platform and New Privacy Controls Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:57:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1681364 [...] Like Facebook, MySpace will soon allow the notion of different types of friends (family, friends, business contacts, etc). When accepting someone as a friend, you can also set the friend type. When that person visits your MySpace profile, the information they see will be based on the type of friend you are - resume type stuff for business contacts, drunken frat party antics for your college friends, etc. [...] [...] Like Facebook, MySpace will soon allow the notion of different types of friends (family, friends, business contacts, etc). When accepting someone as a friend, you can also set the friend type. When that person visits your MySpace profile, the information they see will be based on the type of friend you are - resume type stuff for business contacts, drunken frat party antics for your college friends, etc. [...]

]]> By: Andrew Kaplan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1655188 Andrew Kaplan Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:48:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1655188 Well, the old saying is if you want to innovate and create real change, a good percentage of your users will complain about the changes. Facebook is growing both in users and number of applications. Having worked with one of the first business applications for sales professionals (ACT! www.act.com), they have asked for add-on applications since about 1990. This is still a healthy business for those who continually innovate their addon products. For many of those applications, they had a shelf life of about 2 years before they were incorporated in the new release of the product. In the world of in-line releases, this can happen at any time since there is no duplicating of CD's, designing the new manual, and shipping it in a box. However, I do have a few associates who became millionaires when their companies where purchased. The most protected products seemed to be those which were in specialized or vertical niches such as real estate. As far as grouping friends, this is a needed feature for users such as myself who is a blogger and consultant. There is a need to keep segments of family and friends, close business associates/advisors/investors, and my readers or friends of friends. Facebook is an infant or adolescent including its management...they will learn, make mistakes and continue to evolve. So far they have accomplished which very few have done which is to create the kind of "buzz" such as this comment to grow their business. Andy Kaplan www.facebookenthusiast.com Well, the old saying is if you want to innovate and create real change, a good percentage of your users will complain about the changes. Facebook is growing both in users and number of applications. Having worked with one of the first business applications for sales professionals (ACT! http://www.act.com), they have asked for add-on applications since about 1990. This is still a healthy business for those who continually innovate their addon products. For many of those applications, they had a shelf life of about 2 years before they were incorporated in the new release of the product. In the world of in-line releases, this can happen at any time since there is no duplicating of CD’s, designing the new manual, and shipping it in a box.

However, I do have a few associates who became millionaires when their companies where purchased. The most protected products seemed to be those which were in specialized or vertical niches such as real estate.

As far as grouping friends, this is a needed feature for users such as myself who is a blogger and consultant. There is a need to keep segments of family and friends, close business associates/advisors/investors, and my readers or friends of friends.

Facebook is an infant or adolescent including its management…they will learn, make mistakes and continue to evolve. So far they have accomplished which very few have done which is to create the kind of “buzz” such as this comment to grow their business.

Andy Kaplan
http://www.facebookenthusiast.com

]]> By: Andrew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653353 Andrew Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:15:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653353 Not sure why but FB just isn't that interesting to me. I can't even get into it. Perhaps I just like real friends rather than virtual ones. Not sure why but FB just isn’t that interesting to me. I can’t even get into it. Perhaps I just like real friends rather than virtual ones.

]]> By: Brig Graff http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653307 Brig Graff Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:20:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653307 boy, I'm getting a little tired of the fake so-and-so guys... It was funny for a while, when it was new & creative. I dunno...maybe I'm just too sleepy right now & I'm being a buzzkill. :-) boy, I’m getting a little tired of the fake so-and-so guys… It was funny for a while, when it was new & creative. I dunno…maybe I’m just too sleepy right now & I’m being a buzzkill. :-)

]]> By: Facebook To Launch Friend Grouping « Darker Me http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653263 Facebook To Launch Friend Grouping « Darker Me Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:41:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653263 [...] TechCrunch [...] [...] TechCrunch [...]

]]> By: dweezel http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653258 dweezel Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:38:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653258 To add, I made a short post about competitive versus comparative advantage in the TechCrunch Forums, which I feel adds value to this conversation (hyper-linked in my name above). "If you are looking to build your company on the internet following a competitive advantage mindset than you are going to fail 99.4% of the time. The internet is an open environment where traditional rules of intellectual property do not exist and it is exceptionally difficult to build a company that cannot be duplicated. However, if you take a comparative advantage approach to your company -- where you focus on a niche where you can create the most value, you will be successful. It is difficult to find that niche that hasn't been duplicated 10x over, but they exist." To add, I made a short post about competitive versus comparative advantage in the TechCrunch Forums, which I feel adds value to this conversation (hyper-linked in my name above).

“If you are looking to build your company on the internet following a competitive advantage mindset than you are going to fail 99.4% of the time. The internet is an open environment where traditional rules of intellectual property do not exist and it is exceptionally difficult to build a company that cannot be duplicated. However, if you take a comparative advantage approach to your company — where you focus on a niche where you can create the most value, you will be successful. It is difficult to find that niche that hasn’t been duplicated 10x over, but they exist.”

]]> By: dweezel http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653251 dweezel Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:33:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653251 @startupnews (6) I agree with you 100% that if you have a bona fide business and build a Facebook application to accentuate it, then you should be fine. "Building Facebook applications is a big dice roll. If it’s too popular or too obvious of an idea (even if it hasn’t been done yet), Facebook is just as likely to compete with you as pay a few bucks and just buy you (they are probably more likely to compete with you than buy you, actually)." I have yet to see any truly innovative applications for the Facebook platform and don't blame the company for competing with them. Isn't the old adage that it isn't about ideas, but about execution? The way I see it, the popular third party applications are providing feedback to Facebook on how they need to improve the platform. While I understand how this can be frustrating, Facebook is giving these developers access to 40MM+ members in categorized groups (networks). To be truly innovative you need to think outside of the box, and many of these applications are nothing more than web widgets adapted to Facebook. @startupnews (6) I agree with you 100% that if you have a bona fide business and build a Facebook application to accentuate it, then you should be fine.

“Building Facebook applications is a big dice roll. If it’s too popular or too obvious of an idea (even if it hasn’t been done yet), Facebook is just as likely to compete with you as pay a few bucks and just buy you (they are probably more likely to compete with you than buy you, actually).”

I have yet to see any truly innovative applications for the Facebook platform and don’t blame the company for competing with them. Isn’t the old adage that it isn’t about ideas, but about execution? The way I see it, the popular third party applications are providing feedback to Facebook on how they need to improve the platform. While I understand how this can be frustrating, Facebook is giving these developers access to 40MM+ members in categorized groups (networks).

To be truly innovative you need to think outside of the box, and many of these applications are nothing more than web widgets adapted to Facebook.

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653180 Steve Ballmer Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:57:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653180 MS to "Invest" in FaceBook ... Buying 5% ... hehehe My motto has always been: "If ya can't beat 'em, sabotage 'em" We have pulled this one a hundred times before, everyone knows it, but they just can't resist all of that beautiful CASH! Every last MS executive has a FaceBook Profile, we like FaceBook, we are impressed by FaceBook, but we don't own FaceBook! Why does FaceBook threaten us you ask? The answer is very simple: we have spent billions over the years convincing people that MS technologies are the best; when a FaceBook, YouTube, Gaggle, .... comes along and shows us up, people's preception of us changes. This is not acceptable. SOLUTION: FaceBook must be "Microsoft'd"! 1. The first step being a friendly investment, 2. ... a seat on the board (make stupid votes/suggestions) 3. Closer "integration" with our OS, less with others. 4. Taking credit for fixing bugs created by the integration 5. FaceBook eventually works as well as the rest of our software Problem solved! ttp://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com MS to “Invest” in FaceBook … Buying 5% … hehehe
My motto has always been:
“If ya can’t beat ‘em, sabotage ‘em”
We have pulled this one a hundred times before, everyone knows it, but they just can’t resist all of that beautiful CASH!
Every last MS executive has a FaceBook Profile, we like FaceBook, we are impressed by FaceBook, but we don’t own FaceBook!

Why does FaceBook threaten us you ask?

The answer is very simple: we have spent billions over the years convincing people that MS technologies are the best; when a FaceBook, YouTube, Gaggle, …. comes along and shows us up, people’s preception of us changes. This is not acceptable.
SOLUTION:
FaceBook must be “Microsoft’d”!
1. The first step being a friendly investment,
2. … a seat on the board (make stupid votes/suggestions)
3. Closer “integration” with our OS, less with others.
4. Taking credit for fixing bugs created by the integration
5. FaceBook eventually works as well as the rest of our software

Problem solved!
ttp://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

]]> By: Sarah Meyers http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653175 Sarah Meyers Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:51:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653175 @Craig Lu- Facebook is for both professional and social and for many one's professional environment is their social environment. It's perfect for the web celebs. @Craig Lu- Facebook is for both professional and social and for many one’s professional environment is their social environment. It’s perfect for the web celebs.

]]> By: Million$Dig - Free to Join http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653172 Million$Dig - Free to Join Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:48:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653172 Facebook developers should start looking into patenting their ideas. At least file a provisional patent. That will give you one year to check the popularity of your application. Imagine what would have happened if Jeff Bezos did not get the one click checkout patent. On the flip side of coin, imagine where the Web would have been if Mark Andreessen would have gotten the patent for cookie Facebook developers should start looking into patenting their ideas. At least file a provisional patent. That will give you one year to check the popularity of your application. Imagine what would have happened if Jeff Bezos did not get the one click checkout patent. On the flip side of coin, imagine where the Web would have been if Mark Andreessen would have gotten the patent for cookie

]]> By: Craig Lu http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653141 Craig Lu Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:04:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653141 Personally I do not see how this will effect Linkedin. No matter how you separate your friends as groups, you can only limit or allow a certain extend of your profile to them and your profile in Facebook is for social not professional. So even if you are separating your friends, it is just a privacy tool and not a move toward professional networking. Facebook will cease to be facebook is it moves away from social. Personally I do not see how this will effect Linkedin. No matter how you separate your friends as groups, you can only limit or allow a certain extend of your profile to them and your profile in Facebook is for social not professional. So even if you are separating your friends, it is just a privacy tool and not a move toward professional networking. Facebook will cease to be facebook is it moves away from social.

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653105 Robert Seidman Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:14:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653105 Did that lame ass fake Steve Ballmer actually have the sense to read the tea leaves and get a new gig? I hope at the next TechCrunch conference there is a session where all the attendees can use a taser on these dopes. I'd pay $2500 for that a year in advance! :) I agree with Ben, anyone can work with someone to improve public speaking, but building something 30 million use regularly -- there's no course you can take for that. Indeed, young Zuckerberg has much to smile and laugh about. Did that lame ass fake Steve Ballmer actually have the sense to read the tea leaves and get a new gig? I hope at the next TechCrunch conference there is a session where all the attendees can use a taser on these dopes. I’d pay $2500 for that a year in advance! :)

I agree with Ben, anyone can work with someone to improve public speaking, but building something 30 million use regularly — there’s no course you can take for that. Indeed, young Zuckerberg has much to smile and laugh about.

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653019 David Mackey Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:25:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1653019 Great. This is one feature I've been harping for myself. Great. This is one feature I’ve been harping for myself.

]]> By: Ben http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1652997 Ben Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:53:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1652997 Fake Mark Zuckerberg makes me laugh, but his hackneyed copy of Facebook (College.com) is not going to find traction. Real Mark Zuckerberg is a terrible public speaker, but he can practice his skills all the way to the bank... Fake Mark Zuckerberg makes me laugh, but his hackneyed copy of Facebook (College.com) is not going to find traction. Real Mark Zuckerberg is a terrible public speaker, but he can practice his skills all the way to the bank…

]]> By: dc crowley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1652941 dc crowley Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:36:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1652941 Excuses.. I was in the wrong comment box :-D LOL. I was talking 3rd party ad networks on FB. Excuses.. I was in the wrong comment box :-D LOL. I was talking 3rd party ad networks on FB.

]]> By: dc crowley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1652938 dc crowley Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:33:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1652938 FB can cannibalize apps. But at the end of the day if they really go too far down that road, developers will drop them, or they will get Microsoft style lawsuits by developers being squeezed out of the Attention OS. Maybe even Capital Hill/ European commission investigations. Thread carefully is what I'd say. FB can cannibalize apps. But at the end of the day if they really go too far down that road, developers will drop them, or they will get Microsoft style lawsuits by developers being squeezed out of the Attention OS. Maybe even Capital Hill/ European commission investigations. Thread carefully is what I’d say.

]]> By: Ryan Graves http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1652933 Ryan Graves Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:23:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1652933 Is Fake Mark Zuckerberg jealous or what? Real Zuckerberg actually is a genius for having the public code all these great apps for him. My guess is the Fake MZ is probably more introverted and awkward looking the Real MZ. http://actionstalk.com Is Fake Mark Zuckerberg jealous or what? Real Zuckerberg actually is a genius for having the public code all these great apps for him. My guess is the Fake MZ is probably more introverted and awkward looking the Real MZ.

http://actionstalk.com

]]> By: Tan The Man http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1652929 Tan The Man Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:20:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/29/facebook-to-launch-friend-grouping/#comment-1652929 Ask Nintendo with the Gamecube (lack of) and Apple with the iPod accessories why 3rd party support is important! Ask Nintendo with the Gamecube (lack of) and Apple with the iPod accessories why 3rd party support is important!

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