Comments on: Report: Facebook growing, rivals shrinking in U.S. http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/07/hitwise-facebook-growing-rivals-shrinking-in-us/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Peter M. http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/07/hitwise-facebook-growing-rivals-shrinking-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-858196 Peter M. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:03:36 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102392#comment-858196 How come Netlog (<a href="http://www.netlog.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.netlog.com</a>) is almost never considered in these kind of comparisons? Their user base is much bigger than many of the sites mentioned above and their growth rate is impressive as well, but I suppose since they're not big (yet) in the US, they don't get that much attention.<br>Would be nice though to see how they are doing compared to the other social network sites. How come Netlog (http://www.netlog.com) is almost never considered in these kind of comparisons? Their user base is much bigger than many of the sites mentioned above and their growth rate is impressive as well, but I suppose since they're not big (yet) in the US, they don't get that much attention.
Would be nice though to see how they are doing compared to the other social network sites.

]]> By: william http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/07/hitwise-facebook-growing-rivals-shrinking-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-858195 william Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:26:27 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102392#comment-858195 Developers and content creators of the world, it is time to free yourselves from the share cropping model that is Facebook and web 2.0.<br><br>What will face book give back to the developer community for their efforts ?<br>Will face book share a percentage of the value that is created in their company with the developers and content creators that have added most of the companies value<br><br>The value that the content creators and the developers add is something that is measurable. I doubt Microsoft invested close to a billion dollars in face book for their technology.<br><br>How does developing for facebook help anyone but facebook ?<br><br>Why does developing for facebook involve using non standard development methods when there are well known open source standards that could be used ? Because facebook wants to be the standard and they want you to develop for their platform so that you can help them become the standard. I think we have seen this before; and we are still living with the repercussions.<br><br>Developers you have choices to make. I understand if you develop apps for facebook or any other non open standard platform. But please understand that there are ramifications for the choices that you make that go far beyond the facebook silo Developers and content creators of the world, it is time to free yourselves from the share cropping model that is Facebook and web 2.0.

What will face book give back to the developer community for their efforts ?
Will face book share a percentage of the value that is created in their company with the developers and content creators that have added most of the companies value

The value that the content creators and the developers add is something that is measurable. I doubt Microsoft invested close to a billion dollars in face book for their technology.

How does developing for facebook help anyone but facebook ?

Why does developing for facebook involve using non standard development methods when there are well known open source standards that could be used ? Because facebook wants to be the standard and they want you to develop for their platform so that you can help them become the standard. I think we have seen this before; and we are still living with the repercussions.

Developers you have choices to make. I understand if you develop apps for facebook or any other non open standard platform. But please understand that there are ramifications for the choices that you make that go far beyond the facebook silo

]]> By: jonbrown http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/07/hitwise-facebook-growing-rivals-shrinking-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-858194 jonbrown Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:36:46 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=102392#comment-858194 Interesting article...I predict Facebook will take over Myspace in numbers of active users by June of 2010. Interesting article…I predict Facebook will take over Myspace in numbers of active users by June of 2010.

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