10 Reasons why Facebook is so popular
5 11 200710. Blogging platform
Great blogging platform that allows you to share your most recent musings with your online friends. Why doesn’t MySpace have this functionality?
9. Ability to Sort friends
Unlike the MSN Messenger, Facebook allows you to sort your contacts by work, family and friends.
8. Ability to export contacts
Unlike Plaxo, Facebook can export your contact information to e-mail utilities such as Outlook.
7. Access to data in the Social Graph
Facebook is partnering with some of the biggest social networking sites. What’s not to love?
6. Add as many friends as you want
Want 5001 friends? No problem.
5. Develop applications without fear they will be stolen
Protected by a strong TOS.
4. Post information and be ensured of its privacy.
Your secrets are safe with them.
3. Get a better job
With experience from Goldman Sachs, you’ll do great.
2. Useful applications
How could we network before throwing sheep or being pirates?
1. Sweater Puppies
OK, I fibbed. Maybe Facebook lacks the nine features listed above, but it is something better. It is the ultimate platform for showing off and looking at sweater puppies. Isn’t that the true promise of Web 2.0?
UPDATE: Om Malik asks why Google afraid of Facebook. Uhm Hello, better sweater puppies??
UPDATE 2: AllFacebook joins the party late.
[...] Trotzdem bin ich mir nicht sicher, ob Facebook dem Naturgesetz des Hype-Zyklus entgehen kann, dem Social Networks und Online-Communities zu unterliegen scheinen: Zuerst war Friendster hip, dann MySpace, jetzt Facebook und morgen irgendwas anderes. (Als nächstes werden wir voraussichtlich eine Massenflucht deutscher User von StudiVZ zu Facebook sehen.) Die Welt in Social Networks dreht sich um den Aufbau des Freundesnetzwerkes, das macht am Anfang Spaß und wird irgendwann langweilig - auf zur nächsten Party. Die Öffnung Facebooks durch F8 hat auf einen Schlag die Kreativität von zehntausenden Developern freigesetzt, die jetzt unbezahlt für Facebook Funktionen entwicklen - damit lässt sich der Zenith des Hype-Zyklus hinauszögern. (Natürlich gibt es noch 10 weitere gute Gründe für den Erfolg von Facebook.) [...]
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well, I’m sold.
Sorry, you were saying something?
Can anyone help me find my beans?
BEANS BEANS BEANS. HELP ME FIND MY BEAN TREE
I didn´t get why you chose those pictures for the post -appreciate them, though.
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