Comments on: The Facebook Backlash, But Only Among Insignificant A-Listers and Geeks

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By: Pearl

Pearl — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:50:22 +0000

FB used to be beautiful, simple. The ads are more embedded, more pervasive and invasive now, and the number of apps that don’t even all work is creating a clutter that I agree is tipping more towards a myspace look. It’s nice that more people are there now except more users are starting to use cartoon or random avatars instead of actual faces, which makes finding people more of an obstacle.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:52:02 +0000

What backlash?

By: Will

Will — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:26:31 +0000

Facebooks privacy policy and terms of use is scary shit. I consider myself part of the original Facebook generation, when it was limited to the Higher Education level only and people were still waiting for their schools to get on there.

I can’t say most of my friends have been happy with the expansions though. The apps create something new to do as people were getting bored, but now it’s starting to get cluttered and you get subscribed to notifications for no reason at all. Facebooks future will def be interesting to watch unfold.

By: Franky

Franky — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:25:51 +0000

Elliot, so far I’m only aware of Calacanis leaving, but I can perfectly imagine that other A-Listers will leave because of the same reasons as Jason. I see a MyBlogLog similar situation.
The platform is awesome, especially from a developer point of view, but now we have to wait how all the applications will look to monetize. And it’s time consuming for little return.

John, I agree with you. I’ve already given up adding new apps. Bloggers and A-listers are only a small spot on FB’s radar. Growth will be independent of them.

By: John Stansbury

John Stansbury — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:16:25 +0000

I like where you were going there, but what I found from Facebook was what I found from MySpace: after a while the customizing became all you did. When you’re bored, instead of generating new content, or networking, you’re busy looking at the latest shiny bauble.

For bloggers, this seems incredibly limiting, as they’re used to creating content, reading, listening and interacting. Add to that the countless friend requests the big names get, and you can easily see the paths to fatigue.

Regardless, Facebook isn’t and wasn’t set up for old bloggers. It’s a way for young people to network. I doubt they will suffer from the A-lister loss.

By: Elliot Swan

Elliot Swan — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:11:30 +0000

Can you give some examples of “Insignificant A-Listers and Geeks” leaving because of F8? Until now I’ve seen nothing but good things said about Facebook opening up their platform–even 37signals had good things to say.