Comments on: Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: 50M Facebook users don’t care about OpenSocial APIs http://www.blackrimglasses.com/2007/11/02/don-dodge-on-the-next-big-thing-50m-facebook-users-dont-care-about-opensocial-apis/ Music + Technology + Random Nonsense from the Music Industry by Ethan Kaplan, VP Product, Live Nation Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:55:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ethan Kaplan http://www.blackrimglasses.com/2007/11/02/don-dodge-on-the-next-big-thing-50m-facebook-users-dont-care-about-opensocial-apis/comment-page-1/#comment-189612 Ethan Kaplan Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:32:47 +0000 http://blackrimglasses.com/archives/2007/11/02/don-dodge-on-the-next-big-thing-50m-facebook-users-dont-care-about-opensocial-apis/#comment-189612 Then thats your friends. I though the "Internet as the place for nerds" thing broke long ago, at least in my experience. I'm all for Facebook, but I think a universal platform API (which Google may or may not provide) is only a good thing. A container which abstracts interfaces to different web apps, and to each other (key point) would rock much more than a single platform would. Then thats your friends. I though the “Internet as the place for nerds” thing broke long ago, at least in my experience.

I’m all for Facebook, but I think a universal platform API (which Google may or may not provide) is only a good thing. A container which abstracts interfaces to different web apps, and to each other (key point) would rock much more than a single platform would.

]]> By: George Gregan http://www.blackrimglasses.com/2007/11/02/don-dodge-on-the-next-big-thing-50m-facebook-users-dont-care-about-opensocial-apis/comment-page-1/#comment-189611 George Gregan Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:04:55 +0000 http://blackrimglasses.com/archives/2007/11/02/don-dodge-on-the-next-big-thing-50m-facebook-users-dont-care-about-opensocial-apis/#comment-189611 In my experience, facebook has attracted all my "non-geeky" friends to "network socially" via the web. Prior to facebook, most of them thought using the internet was the province of nerds. Given the network effect & stickiness of facebook, I can't see my non-geeky friends (ie normal people) switching en-mass to another site just because its "open". There needs to be another killer feature (which can't be replicated in facebook) Your AOL example is flawed - there was another killer feature - all the websites outside of AOL... I have yet to see how open social will cater properly for privacy. This is one area that facebook got right and made my non-ggeky friends feel comfortable. Of all my friends (including the geeky & Muso's, non of them use their real names on myspace) I totally agree Opensocial is a good thing, but don't hold your hopes for probably 40-45m of those facebook users switching. In my experience, facebook has attracted all my “non-geeky” friends to “network socially” via the web.

Prior to facebook, most of them thought using the internet was the province of nerds. Given the network effect & stickiness of facebook, I can’t see my non-geeky friends (ie normal people) switching en-mass to another site just because its “open”. There needs to be another killer feature (which can’t be replicated in facebook)

Your AOL example is flawed – there was another killer feature – all the websites outside of AOL…

I have yet to see how open social will cater properly for privacy. This is one area that facebook got right and made my non-ggeky friends feel comfortable. Of all my friends (including the geeky & Muso’s, non of them use their real names on myspace)

I totally agree Opensocial is a good thing, but don’t hold your hopes for probably 40-45m of those facebook users switching.

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