http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070525/facebook-tries-harder/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070525/facebook-tries-harder/#comment-1107 The Children’s Hour: Facebook Apps Are For Toddlers (There, We Said It) | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:37:11 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070525/facebook-tries-harder/#comment-1107 [...] I get it, I get it. Millions upon millions of people are downloading and using these apps, part of a very clever ecosystem Zuckerberg unleashed in late May. [...] [...] I get it, I get it. Millions upon millions of people are downloading and using these apps, part of a very clever ecosystem Zuckerberg unleashed in late May. [...]

]]> http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070525/facebook-tries-harder/#comment-114 Will Meyer Fri, 25 May 2007 19:45:59 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070525/facebook-tries-harder/#comment-114 Great writeup. Worst case, this is an impressive hedge against Friendster-itis. Better case, we'll see it translate into a whole host of great niche social apps on the long tail. Best case, this may help drive more attention to under-appreciated "web-as-platform-ecosystem" models as paths to profitability not exclusively derived from advertising. Savvy move on all counts, FB. Great writeup. Worst case, this is an impressive hedge against Friendster-itis. Better case, we’ll see it translate into a whole host of great niche social apps on the long tail. Best case, this may help drive more attention to under-appreciated “web-as-platform-ecosystem” models as paths to profitability not exclusively derived from advertising. Savvy move on all counts, FB.

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