Comments on: Is the new Facebook a boon or a threat?

By: TheSocialFirm

TheSocialFirm — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:01:55 +0000

I think the new changes may hurt businesses.

By: Facebook is a Little Shop of Horrors

Facebook is a Little Shop of Horrors — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:09:56 +0000

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By: Joe Cibula

Joe Cibula — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:58:08 +0000

The "like" idea doesn't work, period.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:03:44 +0000

It's a bloody shambles. People are getting updates from pages they never became a fan of, just because the subject gets mentioned, intentionally or otherwise, in their profile. I call it SPAM.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:06:45 +0000

I'm more annoyed at the moment about Facebook's philosophy of making people opt-out of changes to their privacy settings rather than asking us to opt-in. It's like the social media version of email spam. That said, these new features could be interesting and valuable, but it's too soon to tell. We have to see how Facebook users feel about this first.

By: @cbreecopy

@cbreecopy — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:44:29 +0000

I think the more businesses know about you, the better they can serve you. Really personal information shouldn't be published on social media anyway, but that's a personal decision. I welcome the social world — I love the transparency of businesses, the ability to instantly talk to other customers and read reviews and as a marketer, I love the ability to connect with clients on a personal level. Ultimately, I think it's in the best interest of both the business and the consumer (unless you don't have a sound business — check out Bank of America's FB page for an example.)

By: mfan

mfan — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:39:45 +0000

I would argue that Facebook is making a play for the major publishers and the mainstream user rather than the developers. The question will be, with Facebook’s broad reach, can it usurp incumbents like digg and stumbleupon and dominate social sharing?

Will Social sharing/bookmarking finally go mainstream? This could be epic.

By: @znmeb

@znmeb — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:30:39 +0000

The new Facebook is a boon to some and a threat to others. Those to whom it is a boon will be shouting to the rooftops about how wonderful it is, and those who are threatened by it will do what they can to defend themselves. I'm not a heavy Facebook user, and I've decided to delete my account. It simply has no way of returning anything to me for the time I have invested in it, My recent post Chirp – A Developer’s Perspective – Part 2

By: Dave Culbertson

Dave Culbertson — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:18:48 +0000

This is a threat to businesses of all kinds passing too much power to Facebook, allowing it to serve as the central hub of the entire Internet. It's like AOL at its peak on steroids. I've blogged about this a few weeks ago. http://lightbulbinteractive.blogspot.com/2009/12/...

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:14:31 +0000

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