Comments on: The Children's Hour: Facebook Apps Are for Toddlers (There, We Said It)

By: CenterNetworks Launches CN Platform 3.25

CenterNetworks Launches CN Platform 3.25 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:06:17 +0000

[...] we need these developer platforms, we don’t need any more of the apps that Kara notes in her Children’s Hour post. The ability to latch onto a top social network can create both innovation and new streams of [...]

By: Throwing Sheep – Facebook Applications | Web 3.0

Throwing Sheep – Facebook Applications | Web 3.0 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:36:51 +0000

[...] Facebook applications are “for toddlers,”writes Kara Swisher, the technology journalist and blogger for All Things Digital. The “kazillion users [...]

By: Facebook valuation is absurd. | Unwacky

Facebook valuation is absurd. | Unwacky — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:59:29 +0000

[...] other day Boom Town’s Kara Swisher ripped on Facebook saying how childish most of the facebook apps are. At first I thought she was way off. But when I [...]

By: Data Recovery

Data Recovery — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:18:48 +0000

yes, it is that Facebook's Apps are really useful.

By: Faceless — humorlessbitch

Faceless — humorlessbitch — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:22:18 +0000

[...] goes on to quote Kara Swisher (see Kara’s whole url.) …if that is all there is, can Facebook really build a viable [...]

By: Slide Sidles Up to Old Media, In Search of New Revenue (Apparently, Max Cannot Live By SuperPoking Alone!) | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:13:00 +0000

[...] Um no and no, which should have been obvious from the get-go about a lot of social networking apps, which I had labeled juvenile and ultimately ephemeral. [...]

By: Unit Structures – The Directionality of Social Network Platforms

Unit Structures – The Directionality of Social Network Platforms — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:39:27 +0000

[...] the most popular apps, what do we see? A set of fluffy, fun, particularly useless applications – Kara Swisher echoes. Stepping back a bit, I realize these apps are valuable – people like them, they’re fun – but [...]

By: All Grown Up: Apple Apps Are for Adults (There, We Said It) | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:47:52 +0000

[...] a post called: “The Children’s Hour: Facebook Apps Are for Toddlers (There, We Said It),” I wrote: I get it, I get it. Millions upon millions of people are downloading and using [...]

By: Scrabulous Hangs On For Now (But It Should Be Hung Out To Dry By Facebook) | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:01:40 +0000

[...] on this kind of juvenile behavior (curiously, Scrabulous is an actually useful app, unlike others I have derided on Facebook as more suited for toddlers) all over the service, whether it relates to music, videos or anything else its third-party [...]

By: Widgetmasters Debate Facebook as a Platform « Supdepub’s Weblog

Widgetmasters Debate Facebook as a Platform « Supdepub’s Weblog — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:42:43 +0000

[...] panel had the most fun with McClure’s question on Kara Swisher’s recent posts likening the early array of Facebook apps to children’s toys. Did they think their apps were [...]

By: A Renovation for AllThingsD.com! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:53:39 +0000

[...] a juvenile Facebook widget be far away? I think not, if those slackers at RockYou get [...]

By: SuperP&L! Application Adds Serious Fun to LinkedIn | Digital Daily | John Paczkowski | AllThingsD

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:19:38 +0000

[...] – a service which will open the social networking site to third-party software developers. Like the Facebook Platform, “InApps” allows developers to create productivity applications for LinkedIn or to port [...]

By: Electrolicious» Blog Archive » Buzz phrases I heard today

Electrolicious» Blog Archive » Buzz phrases I heard today — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:35:37 +0000

[...] “All these apps are childish — why aren’t they useful?” Is being useful the kiss of death? Facebook simulates the real world. What do you do when you’re hanging out with friends? Silly stuff. [...]

By: VentureBeat » RockYou climbing past Slide, to be number one widget-maker?

VentureBeat » RockYou climbing past Slide, to be number one widget-maker? — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:24:49 +0000

[...] have called both companies’ applications “mostly silly, useless and time-wasting” — yet they may be worth a lot more one day. RockYou claims it is quickly growing [...]

By: Why Facebook’s platform sucks : dustincaruso.com

Why Facebook’s platform sucks : dustincaruso.com — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:45:51 +0000

[...] * some interesting stats and related links… • of the 5,000 apps on Facebook, 87% of the usage goes to the top 84 • of those 84, only 45 applications have more than 100,000 active users source: Good News, Bad News about Facebook Application Market: Long Tail Rules another insightful article about Facebook applications… The Children’s Hour: Facebook Apps Are for Toddlers (There, We Said It) [...]