Comments on: Yahoo’s MyBlogLog drifts up the activity stream. Can it float against FriendFeed? http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/29/yahoo-drifts-with-mybloglog-up-the-activity-stream-can-it-float-against-friendfeed/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Wendell http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/29/yahoo-drifts-with-mybloglog-up-the-activity-stream-can-it-float-against-friendfeed/comment-page-1/#comment-797189 Wendell Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:38:46 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2008/02/29/yahoo-drifts-with-mybloglog-up-the-activity-stream-can-it-float-against-friendfeed/#comment-797189 "The problem with adding a feature like an activity stream well into a product’s lifespan is that it can drastically alter how that service is being used." What struck me (slapped me?) was the amount of screen space they gave the new feature, pushing the features I liked into small sidebar boxes. This is a definite change in direction. I know some MBL insiders are saying they've been working on this for awhile, but it just feels so much like that other Yahoo fiasco - dumping (modestly successful if always buggy) Y!360 for the Facebook-clone Yahoo! Mash. Not everything needs to be Facebook. Not every service needs to be a social networking service (SNS). I have some SNSs - including Facebook - and don't want another. I want (wanted?) that other thing MBL was. Since MBL isn't doing that other thing anymore, I decided there wasn't much point in me providing them with content. “The problem with adding a feature like an activity stream well into a product’s lifespan is that it can drastically alter how that service is being used.”

What struck me (slapped me?) was the amount of screen space they gave the new feature, pushing the features I liked into small sidebar boxes.

This is a definite change in direction. I know some MBL insiders are saying they’ve been working on this for awhile, but it just feels so much like that other Yahoo fiasco – dumping (modestly successful if always buggy) Y!360 for the Facebook-clone Yahoo! Mash.

Not everything needs to be Facebook. Not every service needs to be a social networking service (SNS). I have some SNSs – including Facebook – and don’t want another. I want (wanted?) that other thing MBL was.

Since MBL isn’t doing that other thing anymore, I decided there wasn’t much point in me providing them with content.

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