they sure are.
Facebook changed again today any one else not like it ?
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Why though? It's a free product. And they're getting more and more subscribers every minute.
It is actually quite interesting to consider what the future direction of FB is going to be. You say people are driven away from it, but in the first place, and even now, the major appeal of it is that everyone else is on it. It's relying on something that has very little to do with its own design or structure.
Microsoft obviously overpaid for their 1.6% share of FB. The value of the company is almost nil in reality because it is not profitable. Furthermore, it has no business model nor does it have any convincing way of becoming seriously profitable in the future. It's wide open to competition and has just shown this by changing so much to be similar to Twitter which was not necessarily a competitor to begin with!
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Er....? lols.
Facebook sells advertising - just like Google does. The difference, however, is the level of granularity that Facebook gives you. You can choose for your advert to only appear to, for example, 30 year old single men from London who have a degree and mention the word 'marketing' within their profile. This extra level of targeting means that Facebook advertising offers a CTR far in advance of the industry standard and thus they can charge more (they use a CPT model). That's the reason that Facebook advertising is becoming increasingly more attractive and is becoming a hot-potato within SEO/SEM circles. Whilst this certainly shouldn't be Facebook's only route to profitability I have no qualms in believing on its own it'll eventually provide at least a break-even point.
I'm aware of how they can generate money, but so far, it isn't shaping up to be this ultimate cash-generating machine. Its dependence on consumer taste, its haphazard policy of changing large sections of the site rather controversially and its susceptibility to competition means the return on any investment needs to be all-the-higher, which is essential for its long-term viability.
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Which was the first thought when i saw it - very twitter!
but if i wanted twitter i would be on twitter. im not and i dont want to be.
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And you've demonstrated more intelligence than those that can't accept it.
Considering how many of my friends have deactivated their's and moved to facebook...yes you are !
Considering how many of my friends have deactivated their's and moved to facebook...yes you are !
bebo will forever live on!
i use bebo and facebook
well by use i mean.....
don't use
but account is still 'active'
Very disappointed myself, as I was with the last 'improvement'. It's just the fact that, having spent a fair while getting used to the 'old' new theme, I now have to do it all over again! I used Facebook because I enjoyed it. I no longer enjoy it.
And is it just me or has each of these updates steadily decreased the functionality of the site? I used to have a plethora of controls for filtering a specific person's wall. Now there is nothing.
Also, has anyone noticed there is now no way to collapse your own wall messages into defined levels of detail as there was before? This was a great feature IMO. 'If it's not broke - don't fix it' seems to spring to mind regularly.
And for all those who ridecule those who are complaining - this is my opinion, this is a public forum, and I think I'm quite entitled to express my view. By persecuting people for doing this, you're simply showing yourselves to be identical to the very people you are criticising.
Yes, Facebook is free. But please don't say this as if it's free because Mark Zuckerberg is super duper generous! It's free because the concept of social networking wouldn't work if it wasn't! In effect, we are making them money. Now I think that gives me a right to complain if I like - don't you?
And is it just me or has each of these updates steadily decreased the functionality of the site? I used to have a plethora of controls for filtering a specific person's wall. Now there is nothing.
Also, has anyone noticed there is now no way to collapse your own wall messages into defined levels of detail as there was before? This was a great feature IMO. 'If it's not broke - don't fix it' seems to spring to mind regularly.
And for all those who ridecule those who are complaining - this is my opinion, this is a public forum, and I think I'm quite entitled to express my view. By persecuting people for doing this, you're simply showing yourselves to be identical to the very people you are criticising.
Yes, Facebook is free. But please don't say this as if it's free because Mark Zuckerberg is super duper generous! It's free because the concept of social networking wouldn't work if it wasn't! In effect, we are making them money. Now I think that gives me a right to complain if I like - don't you?
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I've just noticed too. Kinda annoying - especially as if you post a news story with adverts instead of decent pics!