he web is more interesting when you can build apps that easily interact with your friends and colleagues. But with the trend towards more social applications also comes a growing list of site-specific APIs that developers must learn. OpenSocial provides
— A fad, especially among the young and tech-obsessed — An unprecedented tool for keeping in touch with friends and family — A disruptive, unscripted environment — An unparalleled opportunity for brands and consumers to make rea
A lot of new SNS entrants are niche-oriented. Unfortunately, simply being a niche play isn't enough to guarantee success. We can look at these niche social networks as the modern equivalent of the bulletin board community.
A study of the personal data posted by MySpace teens is getting some interest today, since it seems to show that MySpacers are more privacy-conscious that the newspaper scare-stories usually assume. The research by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire s
But seriously, the concept of "social network fatigue" boggles my mind. I realize that the prediction is really "Users will tire of large-scale, portal-style social network sites like MySpace and Facebook in 2007" but the framing of it as "social network
Usability should always be prioritized over revenues. When a user chooses to spend 20 minutes of their life on your website, they could be spending that time anywhere else, but they chose your site. Don't reward their loyalty with spam
And that’s that you quickly realize that the members of the community feel strongly that the service belongs to them, and the control that you, the corporation, think you have is actually, in large part, an illusion.it will be the people themselves who
Figuring out the value of nodes and hubs connected in an affinity network is a nice theoretical exercise, but the actual growth data speaks for itself. Its not exponential nor logarithmic, but follows a declining percentage model. All social networking st
