Comments on: Facebook’s Value Proposition http://fstutzman.com/2006/03/30/facebooks-value-proposition/ Thoughts about information, social networks, and privacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Unit Structures – The Great Wall of Facebook http://fstutzman.com/2006/03/30/facebooks-value-proposition/comment-page-1/#comment-20876 Unit Structures – The Great Wall of Facebook Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:16:22 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=216#comment-20876 [...] their value areas without being in contravention of social norms.  The challenge to Google is to get access to the wealth of personal data Facebook is collecting (and no, Google Friend Connect and all of their other terrifically lame [...] [...] their value areas without being in contravention of social norms.  The challenge to Google is to get access to the wealth of personal data Facebook is collecting (and no, Google Friend Connect and all of their other terrifically lame [...]

]]> By: Scott A http://fstutzman.com/2006/03/30/facebooks-value-proposition/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Scott A Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:56:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=216#comment-214 Sadly, I was naive to think I could post a reply on Digg.com in response to an article about free songs on Facebook. I had said that facebook = data-mining; I guess the majority of those reading the thread thought I was silly. I got modded down to -7.<br/><br/>Anyways, going back to your post, I kinda think you have a point with the future of social networking, sites like facebook are catchy if not contagious. I guess I don't mind social networking so much as the data mining. It bothers me that sites like facebook foster a false sense of security and most people will buy into it. I mean, this site right now wants some name and has probably recorded the ip address from which i've accessed the website, although probably for reasonable purposes. Sadly, I was naive to think I could post a reply on Digg.com in response to an article about free songs on Facebook. I had said that facebook = data-mining; I guess the majority of those reading the thread thought I was silly. I got modded down to -7.

Anyways, going back to your post, I kinda think you have a point with the future of social networking, sites like facebook are catchy if not contagious. I guess I don’t mind social networking so much as the data mining. It bothers me that sites like facebook foster a false sense of security and most people will buy into it. I mean, this site right now wants some name and has probably recorded the ip address from which i’ve accessed the website, although probably for reasonable purposes.

]]> By: Chris http://fstutzman.com/2006/03/30/facebooks-value-proposition/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Chris Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:04:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=216#comment-76 Don't count out the professors! My wife finished her doctorate last spring and is a prof now. Since last Fall, she's been on facebook, along with many of her students. Knowing the data mining that goes on with Facebook, I told her she was crazy, but now she has her colleagues hooked too.<br/><br/>Fortunately, when I was in grad school ('94-'96), email via Pine was the popular thing, so I still managed to study some.<br/><br/>But you're completely right about the generational aspect. I've been using internet tech since '94, but I have no pre-grad school perspective on this thing. My undergrad college didn't even have email, at least that I knew of. It's kind of weird to think about.<br/>-Chris Don’t count out the professors! My wife finished her doctorate last spring and is a prof now. Since last Fall, she’s been on facebook, along with many of her students. Knowing the data mining that goes on with Facebook, I told her she was crazy, but now she has her colleagues hooked too.

Fortunately, when I was in grad school (’94-’96), email via Pine was the popular thing, so I still managed to study some.

But you’re completely right about the generational aspect. I’ve been using internet tech since ’94, but I have no pre-grad school perspective on this thing. My undergrad college didn’t even have email, at least that I knew of. It’s kind of weird to think about.
-Chris

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