Some Week For The Social Web »

By Rob Safuto on Dec 8, 2007 in Analysis | 0 Comments

This has been an interesting week for the social web. There’s always lots of news to pick through but this week there were three items that I feel are quite telling as far as where we stand vis-a-vis ventures that aim to capitalize on the social web.
Facebook Is Not All Powerful
The controversy over privacy with [...]

Why I’m Down On Facebook »

By Rob Safuto on Nov 7, 2007 in Social Networks | 0 Comments

I was never a big fan of Facebook in the first place. I have an account there. I have a bunch of friends over there. I’ve used the thing occasionally over the last four months. There is absolutely nothing revolutionary about the technology. You’re limited in a lot of ways, not the least of [...]

Advice To Users Of Facebook »

By Rob Safuto on Nov 6, 2007 in Social Networks | 0 Comments

I spent some time digesting today’s announcement by Facebook about their ad platform. Don’t walk, run.

Another Brick In The Wall »

By Rob Safuto on Jun 30, 2007 in Community, Social Media | 0 Comments

I couldn’t help but invoke the great title of the Pink Floyd song in writing this little opinion piece on communities that sit behind walls.
A short while ago the formerly student only social network Facebook announced that they were opening up the Facebook architecture to allow 3rd party developers to write applications for the site. [...]