Comments on: Facebook Gold Rush? Why Developers and Brands Aren’t Connecting

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:34:20 +0000

It’s just good to know that companies like AppsSavvy are out there representing the top applications – and brands finally have a central place to go to get the right app for their needs.

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By: Watch Television

Watch Television — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:30:26 +0000

Well I don’t think it’s all about profit, personally I prefer to offer a service that’s actually of use. As a developer I prefer that my work gets used then in making money off of it, maybe I’m the minority there – but I think most coders/developers care more to solve simple problems then in actually creating a brand out of their work.

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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:09:59 +0000

[...] goes hand-in-hand with the thoughts that Jim Harper expressed today over at Inside Facebook. There, Phil Edwards in talking about the ‘mythical’ Facebook gold rush explicitly acknowledges the fact that Facebook is not only having a hard time monetizing their [...]

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Google Too Will Pass; Will Facebook Do The Passing? — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:04:42 +0000

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By: Chas Edwards

Chas Edwards — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:38:13 +0000

Phil–I work with Battelle over at FM. While I do worry about developers building their businesses soley upon revenues from the app exchange networks, I’m a big believer that major brands will support top Facebook apps with advertising dollars. Dell’s ReGeneration “Draw What Green Means to You” campaign (http://chasnote.com/2008/02/01/dell-goes-green-1000000-votes-for-dell/) and HP’s “What Do You Have to Say” sponsorship (http://chasnote.com/2007/12/14/hp-sponsors-comments-on-facebooks-graffiti-2/) and Wacom’s “Draw a Monster” contest (http://chasnote.com/2007/11/29/wacom-invites-facebook-artists-to-draw-to-win-promotion/) are three early examples. I expect many, many more!

By: Daehee

Daehee — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:11:46 +0000

Unless you can fill a void missed by Facebook, give users what they want, not what developers think might be a “useful application.”

By: Neil @ FacebookInsight.com

Neil @ FacebookInsight.com — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:04:11 +0000

I thought this was insightful, and agree completely with the idea of “meaningful” applications. The current userbase would of course, beg to differ.

Facebook is working hard on this Profile clean up to remove the taboo associated with terrible one-time-usage applications, and focus on tools that truly create user benefit.

There is definitely room for applications to help people with their everyday, and I think when that happens, we’ll see new models evolve.