Comments on: FaceBook for Social Media Marketing http://thirstypony.com/2006/10/facebook-for-social-media-marketing/ Search Marketing - Simplified Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:12:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave Pye http://thirstypony.com/2006/10/facebook-for-social-media-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Dave Pye Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:08:37 +0000 http://thirstypony.com/2006/10/facebook-for-social-media-marketing/#comment-3 FB was a gated community previously. Now that the riff-raff has been admitted, and spam will inevitably seep into 'notes' 'groups' and 'messages' - there will definitely be a backlash. I think the true value of FB was in its .edu exclusivity. FB was a gated community previously. Now that the riff-raff has been admitted, and spam will inevitably seep into ‘notes’ ‘groups’ and ‘messages’ – there will definitely be a backlash. I think the true value of FB was in its .edu exclusivity.

]]> By: Scott http://thirstypony.com/2006/10/facebook-for-social-media-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Scott Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:30:56 +0000 http://thirstypony.com/2006/10/facebook-for-social-media-marketing/#comment-2 I think that FaceBook's decision to go mainstream and open its doors to the public greatly cuts down on the valuable demographic they had cornered (in a sense): college students. Realizing, of course, that college students were more likely using FB to look at the profiles of friends, hookups, potential hookups, or their favorite a cappella singer and often times completely ignored the ads, it was still a huge age-group practically corralled into one location. I also realize I may have spelled corralled incorrectly and for that I apologize. Much like any popular online destination, more people knowing about it stands to take away from its attraction to those seeking a specified, niche-type entity. And that new found popularity stands to take away from potentially uber-focused groups that, regardless of their willingness to purchase or view ads, are the best audience for some products or services. In other words, while its expansion is great, it's going to be flooded with the same people who are regulars on Friendster, MySpace, and other social networking locations. Where have all the niche websites gooooone. I hope that made sense. I think that FaceBook’s decision to go mainstream and open its doors to the public greatly cuts down on the valuable demographic they had cornered (in a sense): college students. Realizing, of course, that college students were more likely using FB to look at the profiles of friends, hookups, potential hookups, or their favorite a cappella singer and often times completely ignored the ads, it was still a huge age-group practically corralled into one location. I also realize I may have spelled corralled incorrectly and for that I apologize.

Much like any popular online destination, more people knowing about it stands to take away from its attraction to those seeking a specified, niche-type entity. And that new found popularity stands to take away from potentially uber-focused groups that, regardless of their willingness to purchase or view ads, are the best audience for some products or services.

In other words, while its expansion is great, it’s going to be flooded with the same people who are regulars on Friendster, MySpace, and other social networking locations. Where have all the niche websites gooooone.

I hope that made sense.

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