This weeks embrulio about the change in terms of service for the Facebook terms of service has unlined an immutable truth about social networking. Facebook has done an about face on the terms but this has not stopped speculation that Facebook is doing an end run around it’s users.
However of more concern is the longer [...]

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One of the beneficiaries of the recession are the word oriented social sites like Linkedin and to a lesser extend Facebook (read what I think about Facebook). According to news.com this weeked, the traffic for Linkedin has grown 22% over December, including a whopping 65% increase in recommendations. Anecdotally this is what I have been [...]

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Although I think Facebook has a real future if it concentrates on building out it’s me centric hub, the future is less clear despite buying $35M worth of time to figure it out according to Todd Chaffee from IVP:
From a business perspective, it is a media property that is growing very quickly. These newer [...]

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Unlike Linkedin which has been able to successfully charge for a premium service, Facebook does not realize any revenue beyond advertising on their various pages. This means that they are entirely beholden to the fate of the online advertising industry and it’s fate is not that rosy at the moment. I had always been suspicious [...]

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It is enormous fun to watch the machinations of the Twitter team, Evan Williams and Biz Stone, walk a tight balancing act between promise and reality. The promise is that Twitter can evolve from a fun tool to a valuable tool, something that people will be prepared to pay for. The reality is that it [...]

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