Comments on: Facebook will fall, soon.

By: Fred Roed

Fred Roed — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:28:36 +0000

Yep, yep… it’s certainly one of those ‘predictions’ you kinda wish you’d kept to yourself : P

In retrospect though, the Facebook then and the Facebook of today are VERY different animals. They have indeed managed to create an essential platform – a platform on which people can chat, send messages, sell products and now even transact.

This has made it an essential component of everyday life (to a lot of people, although still not me! I don’t even play chess anymore).

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:59:09 +0000

Looking back this is a little funny.

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:46:06 +0000

Ye, I agree Anthony, Facebook will not die (the heading is just for dramatic effect, really). Thing is though, I don’t know that there is enough of a pull to make it stick when the next thing comes about.

The only thing I really go to now is my chess thing where I have a couple of games going.

Now, on the other hand, iGoogle, combined with Google Apps – that’s something to watch, I reckon…

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:40:47 +0000

I’m not sure it will die – I think there are enough people getting something useful out of it to sustain it – but I agree that it will peak and drop off. I find I am visiting Facebook for work purposes (monitoring and commenting on groups and updating page) but spending v. little time on my own and my friends’ pages and news feeds.

I am glad that Facebook has added ‘Block this application’ so you only have to deal with each app once (remember the multitude of vampire, zombie, etc invites you used to receive), but it’s like a triple opt-out – three clicks before you can move on to the next. The ‘Ignore All’ widget is also useful.

However, a sure-fire way to clean up facebook is to allow an opt-out of all application invitations. Why can’t I just choose the applications that appeal to me from seeing what my friends have added in my news feed?