Comments on: With New Facebook Stream, Compelling Feed Stories Can Lead to Faster Viral Growth http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/03/27/with-new-facebook-stream-compelling-feed-stories-can-lead-to-faster-viral-growth/ Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:28:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Facebook nearing 200 million users and seeking loans, Disney joining Hulu and more » VentureBeat http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/03/27/with-new-facebook-stream-compelling-feed-stories-can-lead-to-faster-viral-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-19735 Facebook nearing 200 million users and seeking loans, Disney joining Hulu and more » VentureBeat Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:50:37 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=7713#comment-19735 [...] spur viral growth – Apps that take advantage of a new path for viral growth are more popular. Inside Facebook has more. Former AOL CEO Jon Miller moves to News Corp? – Miller leaves venture firm Velocity [...] [...] spur viral growth – Apps that take advantage of a new path for viral growth are more popular. Inside Facebook has more. Former AOL CEO Jon Miller moves to News Corp? – Miller leaves venture firm Velocity [...]

]]> By: David Stillwell http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/03/27/with-new-facebook-stream-compelling-feed-stories-can-lead-to-faster-viral-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-19653 David Stillwell Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:19:14 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=7713#comment-19653 IQ tests gets people to sign up on their cellphone and end up joining one of those services that apparently costs $6.60 per message (See: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=17604663455&b=&ref=pd_r_c#/topic.php?uid=17604663455&topic=8690 ). The application page even says that it's not a real IQ test. Flixster pops up a feed form box which obscures your results. It's a shame, because the application I run is also basically a quiz application (myPersonality), but has actually seen a significant drop in activity since the changes, because we don't like to encourage this kind of spam. Now, that's our choice and we're fine with that, but it's such a shame that Facebook haven't managed to set up a system that actually rewards good applications. They really don't seem to understand how applications work, so they rush through changes without thinking of the consequences. IQ tests gets people to sign up on their cellphone and end up joining one of those services that apparently costs $6.60 per message (See: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=17604663455&b=&ref=pd_r_c#/topic.php?uid=17604663455&topic=8690 ). The application page even says that it’s not a real IQ test.

Flixster pops up a feed form box which obscures your results.

It’s a shame, because the application I run is also basically a quiz application (myPersonality), but has actually seen a significant drop in activity since the changes, because we don’t like to encourage this kind of spam. Now, that’s our choice and we’re fine with that, but it’s such a shame that Facebook haven’t managed to set up a system that actually rewards good applications. They really don’t seem to understand how applications work, so they rush through changes without thinking of the consequences.

]]> By: Steen Seo Öhman http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/03/27/with-new-facebook-stream-compelling-feed-stories-can-lead-to-faster-viral-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-19650 Steen Seo Öhman Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:48:43 +0000 http://www.insidefacebook.com/?p=7713#comment-19650 Very interesting statistics – impressive to see the viral nature of these applications. I think we will see a lot of these quiz applications in the future. I am however waiting for an example where the application is more business oriented. Very interesting statistics – impressive to see the viral nature of these applications. I think we will see a lot of these quiz applications in the future. I am however waiting for an example where the application is more business oriented.

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