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Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Avishek Pal — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:09:54 -0000

I TRIED TO ADD MANY FRIENDS BUT FACEBOOK GAVE ME WARNING~!!!!!

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Imran — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:00:07 -0000

I hate facebook for the limitations.....my account had been disabled 3 times & i had to make a new account each time.....first time my account was disabled for sending too many msg to my friends...second & third time for sending too many friendship requests & i was only adding the friends i lost from my first account......i dont spam.... i travel alot so i need to change my network each time i move....but facebook has limitations on dat too....all these limitations have to go.....shouldnt the user decide how many friends he wanna make or how many groups he wanna be a part of....whether its 50, 5000 or a 50000...MYSPACE donot have such problems....i totally agree with you.....Facebook need to fix these problems ASAP to be better

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Steve Poppe — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:49:49 -0000

Love to respond Robert but too busy digging out from under all these cows, drinks, games and...

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

ambrosiality — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:18:23 -0000

OMG OMG OMG WTF
I think ure site cursed me! read this last night!

& TODAY FACEBOOK WARNED TO BLOCK ME FOR SPAMMING. & i just reply my friends!

FACEBOOK SUX!!

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

auschick — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:28:04 -0000

I still like facebook, especially for connecting with old friends, but I am SO OVER the application requests. If they had a button that let you either not get requests, or delete all in one go, that would be nice.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Rob Brend — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:28:01 -0000

Good Article

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

ambrosiality — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:09:01 -0000

crazy about the guy that was just chatting with his friends?

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Richard Callaby — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:14:34 -0000

Robert,

For me this network is definately out. For many reasons the most important one is that friends that I regularly meet with are not on it and do not see themselves on it either. Furhtermore it seems like companies are looking at these networks as an excuse not to hire you or give you insurance or any such thing that they deem inappropriate.

Facebook for me is out of the picture and I am happy to say my life is better for it. Too many time wasters and not enough sites that help get what I want when I want it.

Just my two cents of course

Thanks,

Richard

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Geoff Livingston — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:54:30 -0000

Shear inertia and numbers saves Facebook, but they are vulnerable until they address issues like these. I am not impressed with management.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

William McKnee — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:44:30 -0000

Social networking is a hype.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Larry — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:02:56 -0000

@42. Yea, but that usually happens over a span of years, not months. This seems to be the proverbial "irrational exuberance"

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Scott Goldie — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:52:41 -0000

I've written a desktop app that lets users receive and send Facebook messages from a regular email client (www.fblocalmail.com); handling messages in this way would also let users leverage whatever tools they have for spam filtering and information management. I'm yet to include notifications (I'm developing it in my spare time), but support will be there eventually.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Rodney Rumford — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:07:13 -0000

Robert,
I don't think facebook is doomed at all. At it's core facebook is a communication platform. Applications allows new and different forms of communication.

Facebook is the most efficient and effective and egaing social network that i have ever used.

I agree with you... they seriously need to remove the limitations. They also need to be careful about how people are kicked off and the course for reinstatement.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

fpaynter — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:29:28 -0000

FB sux bigtime. Always has. Cute utility for a campus-wide network but puke-iferous when it went global.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Robert Scoble — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:50:24 -0000

Ivan Pope: it wasn't a personal breakfast, it was a breakfast presentation to about 100 people at Davos.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

ivanpope — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:38:09 -0000

When I read how Zuckerberg went to breakfast with a dictator (and took you along) I lost any pleasure in Facebook:

Mark Zuckerberg, founder/CEO of Facebook, which now has 68 million active users (people who’ve signed on in the past 30 days).

He invited me to a breakfast with Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf. We walked together to the breakfast, which was interesting because of Musharraf’s comments, where he defended his administration.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Shay — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:44:43 -0000

Scoble - totally with you here. Not only are the messages from groups getting super-spammy, the zillion invites from applications are a headache: NO I don't want a Zombie Kiss or a Rubber Duckie gift...thanks anyways.

Preach on!

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Robert Scoble — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:05:23 -0000

Larry: yup, and you've never changed your mind about something as you've gotten older and wiser?

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Larry — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:55:48 -0000

Time to review some classics:

http://scobleizer.com/2007/...

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

marshal sandler — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:34:12 -0000

In the beginning I , used Facebook! I made a few comments on Blogs after a while, that Facebook has no order and therefore how could one advertise and aim for a specific market ! I was of course told I was wrong ! Then I posted that Facebook was an expensive experiment and might be the next Edsel , without executives who under stood marketing ! I still feel it is an experiment that has proved money does not always cover up mistakes in judgement, cause as we, know Scobie you can't buy judgement ! I am 71 years old had a lot of belly to belly marketing experience and have a few scars ! I hate to see anyone fail that had a shot at it, but the facebook shot has missed the target ! I am sure Mark is a good person but he needs advice from marketing pro,s not geeks ! Why do I read Scobie? Cause there is effective generic content here !
Facebook must realize that content is king not site full of screwy one time apps!

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

hamiltonflickrgroup — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:30:40 -0000

Im mildy enjoying facebook robert, having read all your posts and seen what happened to you Im not enjoying the FB experience .

I got totally miffed when all my so called friends spam me with app invites ,, zombie , vampire all the crap

Ive for this USerscript that blocks all them annoying apps . Its the best thing since slide bread

http://userscripts.org/scri...

Facebook needs to become more user friendly .
People need to know that there data wont be held hostage . Deleting an account should occur in minutes and not days .

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Jeremiah Owyang — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:28:18 -0000

Robert

we probably had a chance for Facebook to expand beyond 5000 friends, but after you scraped it, I doubt they're going to want to do that again, in fear of this being a rolodex scraper.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

R.O. — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:10:53 -0000

I think Facebook is good for keeping up with old friends, but if falls apart beyond that. They won't let you change your name and adding any semblance of privacy to your account is way too difficult. Meeting new people on Facebook is hard because unless you are part of their social sphere or have an app, you really can't get a hold of them. I am also not comfortable allowing strangers access to what I am up to. And I don't think it is the best site. I think it is overhyped now and the new Myspace.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Jeff Bean — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:26:11 -0000

Patrick, You're spot-on. Application spam is horrendous. Designed for high school and college kids -- not adults balalancing work, family, outside interests. Seems facebook is trying to be all things to all people. Will be interesting to see what happens with the 60+ million member number.

Re: Is Facebook doomed?

Haroun Kola — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:23:48 -0000

Nice post, my own Facebook usage is down too, although I'm not sure if its because I'm more introverted these days or if its due to FB itself.

A few of my friends have also been kicked off because of sending too many messages, that's really strange thing for a social network to do, and I just like everyone else am highly irritated by the spam from Applications and Group messages.

At the end of the day its still the best way for me to meet new people, so I'm hanging around some more.