Comments on: Should Facebook Join OpenSocial? https://www.blonde20.com/blog/2007/11/02/should-facebook-join-opensocial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-facebook-join-opensocial Socializing Brands Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vcpoker Promotional Code https://www.blonde20.com/blog/2007/11/02/should-facebook-join-opensocial/#comment-832 Vcpoker Promotional Code Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:15:22 +0000 http://www.blonde20.com/blog/2007/11/02/should-facebook-join-opensocial/#comment-832 Good Day! This is an astonishing read man. Good share. However I’m having problem with ur RSS . Don't know why Fail to subscribe. Does anybody getting identical RSS feed problem? Anybody who knows kindly reply. Thanks! Good Day! This is an astonishing read man. Good share. However I’m having problem with ur RSS . Don’t know why Fail to subscribe. Does anybody getting identical RSS feed problem? Anybody who knows kindly reply. Thanks!

]]> By: jon burg https://www.blonde20.com/blog/2007/11/02/should-facebook-join-opensocial/#comment-831 jon burg Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:08:02 +0000 http://www.blonde20.com/blog/2007/11/02/should-facebook-join-opensocial/#comment-831 Facebook does not need to adopt or adapt to Open Social... for now. Social networking is about just that, connecting socially. Widgets are complimentary to the overall experience, not an integral part of the experience. Facebook is where the people are. They aren't leaving Facebook for another Open Social compatible network for widgets alone. They will leave when their social network moves onto the next big thing. And trust me, Facebook will adopt an open developement platform long before them. I were Facebook I would monitor their number carefully and continue to seek dialogue with Google and other emerging platforms. This is by no mean a fundamental shift in the social network platform or social network user behavior. Everyone's got to chill out, take a breath and look at this from a broader perspective. Of all the "killer" moves in today's marketplace, I can't think of one that truly killed. Widgets are a nice wrapper, and cross platform capabilities may open new doors and eventually lead to a shift in social network user behavior. But for the foreseeable future, nothing's changing. Facebook does not need to adopt or adapt to Open Social… for now. Social networking is about just that, connecting socially. Widgets are complimentary to the overall experience, not an integral part of the experience.

Facebook is where the people are. They aren’t leaving Facebook for another Open Social compatible network for widgets alone. They will leave when their social network moves onto the next big thing. And trust me, Facebook will adopt an open developement platform long before them.

I were Facebook I would monitor their number carefully and continue to seek dialogue with Google and other emerging platforms. This is by no mean a fundamental shift in the social network platform or social network user behavior. Everyone’s got to chill out, take a breath and look at this from a broader perspective.

Of all the “killer” moves in today’s marketplace, I can’t think of one that truly killed. Widgets are a nice wrapper, and cross platform capabilities may open new doors and eventually lead to a shift in social network user behavior. But for the foreseeable future, nothing’s changing.

]]> By: Mostak Sobhan https://www.blonde20.com/blog/2007/11/02/should-facebook-join-opensocial/#comment-830 Mostak Sobhan Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:45:38 +0000 http://www.blonde20.com/blog/2007/11/02/should-facebook-join-opensocial/#comment-830 Yes Facebook should definitely join the Open Social group, or else they will be left out. Remember ICQ? ICQ was the most popular instant messaging platform at the begining and I guess we can say that yahoo and MSN has take over ICQ in number of users long time ago and became more popular. Cooperation builds business and selfishness. Facebook has to learn that. So other! Yes Facebook should definitely join the Open Social group, or else they will be left out. Remember ICQ? ICQ was the most popular instant messaging platform at the begining and I guess we can say that yahoo and MSN has take over ICQ in number of users long time ago and became more popular. Cooperation builds business and selfishness. Facebook has to learn that. So other!

]]> By: Joe Cascio https://www.blonde20.com/blog/2007/11/02/should-facebook-join-opensocial/#comment-829 Joe Cascio Sun, 04 Nov 2007 12:32:11 +0000 http://www.blonde20.com/blog/2007/11/02/should-facebook-join-opensocial/#comment-829 If Google had built a truly open platform with technology like OpenID instead of one that simply allows developers to write more idiotic garbage "applications" like SuperPoke they may have had an opportunity to knock Facebook's socks off, and in the process make Facebook compatible. But as it stands, this is just another example of competition for its own sake rather than to benefit the consumer. Just like IE vs Mozilla, just like Mac vs Windows, just like Java vs. .NET, it forces developers and consumers to make an unnecessary choice so a corporation can benefit. Consumers win when open standards win, not when two corporations intentionally set up barriers to interoperation to please their investors. If Google had built a truly open platform with technology like OpenID instead of one that simply allows developers to write more idiotic garbage “applications” like SuperPoke they may have had an opportunity to knock Facebook’s socks off, and in the process make Facebook compatible. But as it stands, this is just another example of competition for its own sake rather than to benefit the consumer. Just like IE vs Mozilla, just like Mac vs Windows, just like Java vs. .NET, it forces developers and consumers to make an unnecessary choice so a corporation can benefit.
Consumers win when open standards win, not when two corporations intentionally set up barriers to interoperation to please their investors.

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