Comments on: For Real? No Deal With Scrabulous? http://gigaom.com/2008/04/07/for-real-no-deal-with-scrabulous/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:25:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: elle http://gigaom.com/2008/04/07/for-real-no-deal-with-scrabulous/#comment-869990 elle Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:13:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12073#comment-869990 <p>Why would anyone enjoy switching from a known, if in progress, Scrabulous to "Scrabble by A Company Known to Produce Bloated Software That's Frequently to Blame for Crashing Your Computer"?</p> <p>Everything Facebook touches turns to corporatized dust, except money. It just turns corporatized, with a big middle finger to the Long Tail, independent developers and innovation.</p> Why would anyone enjoy switching from a known, if in progress, Scrabulous to “Scrabble by A Company Known to Produce Bloated Software That’s Frequently to Blame for Crashing Your Computer”?

Everything Facebook touches turns to corporatized dust, except money. It just turns corporatized, with a big middle finger to the Long Tail, independent developers and innovation.

]]> By: Sebastian http://gigaom.com/2008/04/07/for-real-no-deal-with-scrabulous/#comment-869956 Sebastian Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:56:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=12073#comment-869956 <p>Scrabulous is definitely still in the game - Real will find out that creating a Facebook application isn't enough, it has to be promoted, which is a matter of luck. (Luck can be bought for real bucks, though, through heavy advertisment.)</p> <p>Give "Scrabble by Real" a month, and you'll see Scrabulous and Real talking together again.</p> Scrabulous is definitely still in the game – Real will find out that creating a Facebook application isn’t enough, it has to be promoted, which is a matter of luck. (Luck can be bought for real bucks, though, through heavy advertisment.)

Give “Scrabble by Real” a month, and you’ll see Scrabulous and Real talking together again.

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