Comments on: Recommended: Social Networks Aren’t Products http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/ A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff. Tue, 15 May 2012 22:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2007-09-13 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/comment-page-1/#comment-86730 Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » links for 2007-09-13 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:32:35 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/#comment-86730 [...] Recommended: Social Networks Aren’t Products - tiffany b. brown “Before you launch your social networking site, make sure you have a plan for driving community — not just attracting users.” (tags: community socialnetworking myspace twitter facebook web2.0) [...] [...] Recommended: Social Networks Aren’t Products – tiffany b. brown “Before you launch your social networking site, make sure you have a plan for driving community — not just attracting users.” (tags: community socialnetworking myspace twitter facebook web2.0) [...]

]]> By: Jason http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/comment-page-1/#comment-86357 Jason Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:31:19 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/#comment-86357 lack of an API is pownce's achilles heel. I even have it's air application open all day and I still never use it. if I could post to pownce on a whim like I do with twitter, it might have the appeal. lack of an API is pownce’s achilles heel. I even have it’s air application open all day and I still never use it. if I could post to pownce on a whim like I do with twitter, it might have the appeal.

]]> By: Jason http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/comment-page-1/#comment-92992 Jason Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:31:00 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/#comment-92992 lack of an API is pownce's achilles heel. I even have it's air application open all day and I still never use it. if I could post to pownce on a whim like I do with twitter, it might have the appeal. lack of an API is pownce’s achilles heel. I even have it’s air application open all day and I still never use it. if I could post to pownce on a whim like I do with twitter, it might have the appeal.

]]> By: tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/comment-page-1/#comment-86315 tiffany Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:52:00 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/#comment-86315 I'll also say that Twitter's API gives you more ways to interact with it: mobile, IM, Facebook, <a href="http://twitbin.com/" rel="nofollow">Firefox extension</a>, etc. You can fold it in to stuff you're already doing. I'm guessing that makes a tremendous difference in adoption. I’ll also say that Twitter’s API gives you more ways to interact with it: mobile, IM, Facebook, Firefox extension, etc. You can fold it in to stuff you’re already doing. I’m guessing that makes a tremendous difference in adoption.

]]> By: tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/comment-page-1/#comment-92991 tiffany Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:52:00 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/#comment-92991 I'll also say that Twitter's API gives you more ways to interact with it: mobile, IM, Facebook, <a href="http://twitbin.com/" rel="nofollow">Firefox extension</a>, etc. You can fold it in to stuff you're already doing. I'm guessing that makes a tremendous difference in adoption. I’ll also say that Twitter’s API gives you more ways to interact with it: mobile, IM, Facebook, Firefox extension, etc. You can fold it in to stuff you’re already doing. I’m guessing that makes a tremendous difference in adoption.

]]> By: tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/comment-page-1/#comment-86314 tiffany Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:43:46 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/#comment-86314 I get the debate. At their most basic levels Pownce and Twitter are both "microblogging" tools. If you don't share files, Pownce loses its advantage -- unless your friend network is invested in it. My friend network tilts more towards Twitter, therefore it has more value for me. I get the debate. At their most basic levels Pownce and Twitter are both “microblogging” tools. If you don’t share files, Pownce loses its advantage — unless your friend network is invested in it. My friend network tilts more towards Twitter, therefore it has more value for me.

]]> By: tiffany http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/comment-page-1/#comment-92990 tiffany Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:43:00 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/#comment-92990 I get the debate. At their most basic levels Pownce and Twitter are both "microblogging" tools. If you don't share files, Pownce loses its advantage -- unless your friend network is invested in it. My friend network tilts more towards Twitter, therefore it has more value for me. I get the debate. At their most basic levels Pownce and Twitter are both “microblogging” tools. If you don’t share files, Pownce loses its advantage — unless your friend network is invested in it. My friend network tilts more towards Twitter, therefore it has more value for me.

]]> By: Lainie http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/comment-page-1/#comment-86313 Lainie Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:25:37 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/#comment-86313 Hi Tiffany. I don't get the twitter v. pownce debate. For me, pownce is about the file sharing, which is something twitter doesn't even offer. They are two totally different products that I use for two totally different purposes. It'd be nice if I only had to use one...but in order for that to come to be, one of them would have to add a significant number of features. At some point, a whole new product will emerge that combines the best of both, and I will be won over. Until then, I will share files on Pownce and share silly 140 character or less anecdotes on Twitter. Hi Tiffany. I don’t get the twitter v. pownce debate. For me, pownce is about the file sharing, which is something twitter doesn’t even offer. They are two totally different products that I use for two totally different purposes. It’d be nice if I only had to use one…but in order for that to come to be, one of them would have to add a significant number of features.

At some point, a whole new product will emerge that combines the best of both, and I will be won over. Until then, I will share files on Pownce and share silly 140 character or less anecdotes on Twitter.

]]> By: Lainie http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/comment-page-1/#comment-92989 Lainie Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:25:00 +0000 http://tiffanybbrown.com/2007/09/04/recommended-social-networks-arent-products/#comment-92989 Hi Tiffany. I don't get the twitter v. pownce debate. For me, pownce is about the file sharing, which is something twitter doesn't even offer. They are two totally different products that I use for two totally different purposes. It'd be nice if I only had to use one...but in order for that to come to be, one of them would have to add a significant number of features. At some point, a whole new product will emerge that combines the best of both, and I will be won over. Until then, I will share files on Pownce and share silly 140 character or less anecdotes on Twitter. Hi Tiffany. I don’t get the twitter v. pownce debate. For me, pownce is about the file sharing, which is something twitter doesn’t even offer. They are two totally different products that I use for two totally different purposes. It’d be nice if I only had to use one…but in order for that to come to be, one of them would have to add a significant number of features.

At some point, a whole new product will emerge that combines the best of both, and I will be won over. Until then, I will share files on Pownce and share silly 140 character or less anecdotes on Twitter.

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