Comments on: Giving Thanks for…Facebook?

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:32:10 +0000

You just mentioned two of the worst people to have as friends in your social community. Susan Mernit and Jason Calacanis have serious diarrhea of the status update. Please, someone - gets these folks some real friends and a vanity mirror.

By: Gazeteler

Gazeteler — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:48:43 +0000

i have facebook. also hate who invites me to there. i'm bored. really bored.. Why people thinks they should invite someone?

By: Sujoy

Sujoy — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:10:52 +0000

There have been social networking sites for quite some time now. Be it Myspace, or Orkut which has been highly popular here in India. I also have an account in Facebook. And with even other services available, I guess, mail today has almost evaporated. We no longer mail greetings to a friend's email ID. We wish him "Happy..." to his profile that he has on MySpace, Orkut or Facebook. That's what is fascinating about Social Networking.

By: Aidan Henry

Aidan Henry — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:08:01 +0000

Facebook is definitely a great service. It has turned the social networking space upside down and competitors are taking notice. In addition, it seems rivals are copying Facebook’s every move, so they must be doing something right. I think that relevance and localization are the two trends that Facebook has been able to take advantage of in a big way.

The two features that have made Facebook so viral (in my opinion) are the news feed and the ability to tag others in photos. They pioneered these features and they are a big part of FB’s current success.

Cheers,
Aidan Henry
http://www.MappingTheWeb.com

By: andy

andy — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:12:43 +0000

I'd rather spend an hour having a conversation with an actual, live person than spend an hour on Facebook.

In the words of William Shatner..."Get a life!"

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:23:46 +0000

I love Facebook for it's ability to put that extra fun bit back into chatting and connecting online. It's more than just smilies. With social networking like MySpace, the most you can really do is spam someone with 'HI I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE HOW ARE YOU!?!??!?!??!' and that's not really special, now is it?

By: david hyman

david hyman — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:31:27 +0000

thank you facebook for all the joy you've brought to me in my life. the email friend requests i get daily whereby i can look at the profile page you've made and leave a comment on your wall. i know that is about the extent me and you will have with facebook. that first friend request with reciprocation. but hey, it makes us feel relevent even though we'll use email and IM to communicate with eachother the rest of our lives.

on this special day, i'm thankful for my health, my family, my friend and most of all , facebook.

By: market research company

market research company — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:19:59 +0000

every coin has 2 sides and social network bring an addiction to hide behind the screen and let the negative energy transfer to other!

By: Graeme Thickins

Graeme Thickins — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:10:30 +0000

thanks, Anne...I'm getting all choked up

Facebook (snif), it's so good to me...it's like....family, God, country, (snif), apple pie (pumpkin pie?)

funny thing is, LinkedIn's growth rate last month beat Facebook's by a wide margin, according to Nielsen -- I just blogged about that

but why am I sure no one will be waxing on with a Thanksgiving prayer to LinkedIn? LOL!