http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/social-utilities-not-social-networks-are-the-new-black.html Ideas & Trends Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:05:51 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/social-utilities-not-social-networks-are-the-new-black.html/comment-page-1#comment-6638 Jason Peck Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:56:46 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/social-utilities-not-social-networks-are-the-new-black.html#comment-6638 While Facebook is getting pretty useful with all these applications, it shouldn't forget it's roots or try to be something it's not. Let's face it--most people still use it as a network/way to connect with friends--not because it has all these utility components. It will be interesting to see if this will change over time. While you can do a bunch of cool things with Facebook apps (shop online, sell stuff, track stocks, etc) the real versions of those things (Ebay, craigslist, Forbes, etc) are still much more attractive to use, in my opinion. While Facebook is getting pretty useful with all these applications, it shouldn’t forget it’s roots or try to be something it’s not. Let’s face it–most people still use it as a network/way to connect with friends–not because it has all these utility components. It will be interesting to see if this will change over time. While you can do a bunch of cool things with Facebook apps (shop online, sell stuff, track stocks, etc) the real versions of those things (Ebay, craigslist, Forbes, etc) are still much more attractive to use, in my opinion.

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