Comments on: Facebook sucking in apps from the rest of the web http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Facebook’s challenge | The Equity Kicker http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-3018 Facebook’s challenge | The Equity Kicker Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:04:09 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-3018 [...] The application platform - for varying reasons I have stopped using all the FB apps I used to like - I now use Tumblr instead of a quotes app, I use Friendfeed and Feeds2 isntead of Blogfriends, and I’m about to switch back to LibraryThing from VisualBookshelf. I only started using VisualBookshelf in the first place because I was in Facebook so much it made sense to consolidate all my apps there - that logic no longer replies. This is a reverse of the trend I wrote about in October last year when it seemed that Facebook was sucking in apps from the rest of the web. [...] [...] The application platform – for varying reasons I have stopped using all the FB apps I used to like – I now use Tumblr instead of a quotes app, I use Friendfeed and Feeds2 isntead of Blogfriends, and I’m about to switch back to LibraryThing from VisualBookshelf. I only started using VisualBookshelf in the first place because I was in Facebook so much it made sense to consolidate all my apps there – that logic no longer replies. This is a reverse of the trend I wrote about in October last year when it seemed that Facebook was sucking in apps from the rest of the web. [...]

]]> By: The Economist misses the point on social networks - they are platforms not comms tools « The Equity Kicker http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-1687 The Economist misses the point on social networks - they are platforms not comms tools « The Equity Kicker Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:01:21 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-1687 [...] networking is not the communications tools but as platforms for other applications. I have made the killer point before, namely that the social graph information held by socnets means you can make much better [...] [...] networking is not the communications tools but as platforms for other applications. I have made the killer point before, namely that the social graph information held by socnets means you can make much better [...]

]]> By: timbo http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-1193 timbo Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:23:41 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-1193 Checkout Books iRead if you are already on Facebook and love books. Better than visual, in my opinion. http://apps.facebook.com/ireadit/ Checkout Books iRead if you are already on Facebook and love books. Better than visual, in my opinion.

http://apps.facebook.com/ireadit/

]]> By: timbo http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-10975 timbo Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:23:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-10975 Checkout Books iRead if you are already on Facebook and love books. Better than visual, in my opinion. http://apps.facebook.com/ireadit/ Checkout Books iRead if you are already on Facebook and love books. Better than visual, in my opinion.

http://apps.facebook.com/ireadit/

]]> By: danny nerezov http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-1192 danny nerezov Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:41:19 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-1192 http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2392191727&topic=2793 (need to join goup) http://utsedu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2392191727 the altura ventures people put fb valuation at $100+b...and these are pretty clever chaps their reasoning is interesting.. http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2392191727&topic=2793

(need to join goup) http://utsedu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2392191727

the altura ventures people put fb valuation at $100+b…and these are pretty clever chaps

their reasoning is interesting..

]]> By: danny nerezov http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-10974 danny nerezov Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-10974 http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2392191727&topic=2793 (need to join goup) http://utsedu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2392191727 the altura ventures people put fb valuation at $100+b...and these are pretty clever chaps their reasoning is interesting.. http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2392191727&topic=2793

(need to join goup) http://utsedu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2392191727

the altura ventures people put fb valuation at $100+b…and these are pretty clever chaps

their reasoning is interesting..

]]> By: John Stoltenborg http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-1191 John Stoltenborg Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:41:03 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-1191 First, love the graph. Second, great point about these first generation apps. It's very exciting when you think about the potential and what is yet to be created. Nice post, John First, love the graph. Second, great point about these first generation apps. It’s very exciting when you think about the potential and what is yet to be created.

Nice post,
John

]]> By: John Stoltenborg http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-10973 John Stoltenborg Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:41:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/10/17/facebook-sucking-in-apps-from-the-rest-of-the-web/#comment-10973 First, love the graph. Second, great point about these first generation apps. It's very exciting when you think about the potential and what is yet to be created. Nice post, John First, love the graph. Second, great point about these first generation apps. It’s very exciting when you think about the potential and what is yet to be created.

Nice post,
John

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