Comments on: Balancing the power of the community with the need to take a service forward http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/19/balancig-the-power-of-the-community-with-the-need-to-take-a-service-forward/ 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: Social media is a’changing all over « andrewlewin: let me think about that … http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/19/balancig-the-power-of-the-community-with-the-need-to-take-a-service-forward/#comment-3444 Social media is a’changing all over « andrewlewin: let me think about that … Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:07:54 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/19/balancig-the-power-of-the-community-with-the-need-to-take-a-service-forward/#comment-3444 [...] doesn’t transfer to the hard core of resistors. Still, I do have sympathy with Facebook on the non-feasibility of running both designs in parallel indefinitely: it stretches resources and limits new features that you can develop if you have to [...] [...] doesn’t transfer to the hard core of resistors. Still, I do have sympathy with Facebook on the non-feasibility of running both designs in parallel indefinitely: it stretches resources and limits new features that you can develop if you have to [...]

]]> By: Meaghan Fitzgerald http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/19/balancig-the-power-of-the-community-with-the-need-to-take-a-service-forward/#comment-3443 Meaghan Fitzgerald Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:33:46 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/19/balancig-the-power-of-the-community-with-the-need-to-take-a-service-forward/#comment-3443 I think it made such a difference that they released a trial of the new facebook before actually springing it on everyone (the way they did with the newsfeed). It not only gave people and opportunity to explore the new layout but more importantly it diffused the negative and shrill reactions. For example, instead of a complete uproar of the whole community the day they released the new features, reactions were spread out over the few weeks the trial was in place. I personally love the new facebook. I don't have to look at anyone's application boxes any more! I think it made such a difference that they released a trial of the new facebook before actually springing it on everyone (the way they did with the newsfeed). It not only gave people and opportunity to explore the new layout but more importantly it diffused the negative and shrill reactions. For example, instead of a complete uproar of the whole community the day they released the new features, reactions were spread out over the few weeks the trial was in place.

I personally love the new facebook. I don’t have to look at anyone’s application boxes any more!

]]> By: Meaghan Fitzgerald http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/19/balancig-the-power-of-the-community-with-the-need-to-take-a-service-forward/#comment-11562 Meaghan Fitzgerald Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:33:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/09/19/balancig-the-power-of-the-community-with-the-need-to-take-a-service-forward/#comment-11562 I think it made such a difference that they released a trial of the new facebook before actually springing it on everyone (the way they did with the newsfeed). It not only gave people and opportunity to explore the new layout but more importantly it diffused the negative and shrill reactions. For example, instead of a complete uproar of the whole community the day they released the new features, reactions were spread out over the few weeks the trial was in place. I personally love the new facebook. I don't have to look at anyone's application boxes any more! I think it made such a difference that they released a trial of the new facebook before actually springing it on everyone (the way they did with the newsfeed). It not only gave people and opportunity to explore the new layout but more importantly it diffused the negative and shrill reactions. For example, instead of a complete uproar of the whole community the day they released the new features, reactions were spread out over the few weeks the trial was in place.

I personally love the new facebook. I don’t have to look at anyone’s application boxes any more!

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