http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/02/13/facebook-on-top/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:56:23 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/02/13/facebook-on-top/comment-page-1/#comment-7165 Jon Kruithof Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:06:05 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3789#comment-7165 Facebook is already leveraging it's "difficult to leave" market capture to adopt some pretty disturbing data trends. I suppose I shouldn't be worried about the way that Facebook is collecting data on it's users - that sort of thing is not new. Consumer feedback on products, trends and other ways of gathering data on users was usually opt-in, Facebook isn't opt-in, it's "try and opt-out". While MySpace does suit the needs of some users (bands and musicians) Facebook tends to be preferred by users because they are somewhat assured that the person on the other end is real. Facebook is already leveraging it’s “difficult to leave” market capture to adopt some pretty disturbing data trends. I suppose I shouldn’t be worried about the way that Facebook is collecting data on it’s users – that sort of thing is not new. Consumer feedback on products, trends and other ways of gathering data on users was usually opt-in, Facebook isn’t opt-in, it’s “try and opt-out”. While MySpace does suit the needs of some users (bands and musicians) Facebook tends to be preferred by users because they are somewhat assured that the person on the other end is real.

]]> http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/02/13/facebook-on-top/comment-page-1/#comment-7154 Down with facebook - why I’m going to minimise my use « The Weblog of (a) David Jones Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:58:27 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3789#comment-7154 [...] worse, Facebook is doing what Microsoft did, and we all hate Microsoft. At least I [...] [...] worse, Facebook is doing what Microsoft did, and we all hate Microsoft. At least I [...]

]]> http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/02/13/facebook-on-top/comment-page-1/#comment-6962 Ethan Waldman Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:13:52 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3789#comment-6962 I still think that MySpace dominates promotion for professional and amateur musicians alike. Not that I'm happy about it, as MySpace is a worthless mess of advertisements and poorly integrated features. I still think that MySpace dominates promotion for professional and amateur musicians alike. Not that I’m happy about it, as MySpace is a worthless mess of advertisements and poorly integrated features.

]]> http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2009/02/13/facebook-on-top/comment-page-1/#comment-6959 John Zurovchak Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:26:05 +0000 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/?p=3789#comment-6959 Great observation and an interesting analogy to Microsoft. My fear is that FB will use this "difficult to leave" inertia as a means to capture revenue - just as Microsoft as times seemed to nearly kill the goose for the golden eggs. What are your thoughts? Great observation and an interesting analogy to Microsoft. My fear is that FB will use this “difficult to leave” inertia as a means to capture revenue – just as Microsoft as times seemed to nearly kill the goose for the golden eggs. What are your thoughts?

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