There is a lot of activity around Facebook those days.
- They are trying to position themselves of value for businesses. Probably positioning themselves for making more money.
- They are still bringing new features using the FriendFeed acquisition and bringing voice to your contacts.
I am a bit curious about the voice thing. EBay tried it with Skype but it seems people were happy staying anonymous (kind of). Of course if you are chatting to your friends, it might be a different story.
I suppose it seems to be more and more about all the social sites merging into one set of functionality and when the dust settles, who know will be left standing. I am siding with Facebook still being there but I am not an expert. I tried to explain why in this blog entry but who knows.
At the moment it seems to be all about bringing real time information. or at least as quickly as possible. I am not sure I agree entirely with the trend for individuals, but of course I already talked about the marketing benefits for this. As an individual, the site is great for me to catch up on the things I have been missing while being busy somewhere else. It is not really about trying to talk to them right here and there. I have IM for that.
I am not sure I am part of the average person using the site. A few of my colleagues have an iPhone and you have to fight for their un-interrupted attention. I hate the feeling that the day might have passed by and I was not paying attention to it. The more I know, the more I try to get my attention back and try to look at the present moment. Seems to be more and more difficult. Anyway, one way to achieve that is by having asynchronous communications with my social members. And yes, I still have lots of improvements to make to make sure I have quality communications with them…
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