tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post2905977343446377154..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Spreading OpenSocial Across the WebAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-10092206936214482442008-11-15T16:54:00.000-08:002008-11-15T16:54:00.000-08:00Google is very late to this party! I hope they bri...Google is very late to this party! I hope they bring something new and useful. I don't need another MyBlogLog clone... unless the experience is vastly superior.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-37401026709941819782008-05-14T11:23:00.000-07:002008-05-14T11:23:00.000-07:00@vahid:I think it all depends on how "end to thems...@vahid:<BR/><BR/>I think it all depends on how "end to themselves" means.<BR/><BR/>The concept going around last year that somehow Facebook (and the like) would replace e-mail, blogs, and everything else on the Internet never made much sense to me. There are quite a few situations where an e-mail message is the best way to communicate, but Facebook (and the others) use e-mail in a spammy sort of way that is annoying to many of us. Basically a Facebook user types what would otherwise be an e-mail message which causes Facebook to e-mail me. But I can't just hit REPLY to that message. Instead I have to stop what I'm doing (processing e-mail) and go into Facebook. <BR/><BR/>Someone asked me the other day if I had been signing onto Facebook much. I said "No, because I only have a few friends there and some of those friends don't like other of hose friends... and so on."<BR/><BR/>In the mean time I sit here with AIM, Yahoo messenger, and MSN messenger running all day. What possible benefit is it for Facebook or Orkut to invent yet another instant messenger?<BR/><BR/>For people who are hooked on Facebook and want to sit with their Facebook "home page" up all day that's fine, for them. But most of the world is not going to abandon the tools they have been using for years and join you. If Faceboook users want to send e-mail then either Facebook needs to add e-mail capability (along with all the servers and staff needed to support it) or they need to link up seamlessly with some other service that provides that.<BR/><BR/>If Facebook wants to really open up their system so that users can mix and match their favorite ways of doing things, now is the perfect opportunity. If they want to continue being a walled garden holding users and their data captive, then I think they are going to learn how effective that strategy is in the long term. Maybe Zuckerberg is giving that some careful thought while he tours the world.macbeachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16570427618324025947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-81246702462999106872008-05-14T08:50:00.000-07:002008-05-14T08:50:00.000-07:00I disagree with the idea that social networks are ...I disagree with the idea that social networks are not an end to themselves... Hanging out with friends and getting appraised of how they're doing (when they're spread all over the world as in my case) is really really cool in itself.<BR/><BR/>I do agree that we do want to "do stuff" together too, but i am totally happy and satisfied that people come first, and doing stuff comes second.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255847001889135174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-56024859947783327152008-05-12T17:21:00.000-07:002008-05-12T17:21:00.000-07:00I wonder whether this has something to do with hCa...I wonder whether this has something to do with hCard and XFN, while the Google's FriendConnect link is not working yet.Zijian Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13275514659971793139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-41601312092191726412008-05-12T15:35:00.000-07:002008-05-12T15:35:00.000-07:00I've been surprised how long it took Orkut to add ...I've been surprised how long it took Orkut to add the widget features long touted as the key to Facebooks future. Maybe the reason is that Orkut just represents a holding action (especially in Brazil and India) while Google renders the social-and-only-social service providers obsolete.<BR/><BR/>Will be interesting to see how the uptake on this goes. Facebook and friends won't die overnight.macbeachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16570427618324025947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-4083144322283394502008-05-12T13:31:00.000-07:002008-05-12T13:31:00.000-07:00This is going to be huge, absolutely huge.The ease...This is going to be huge, absolutely huge.<BR/><BR/>The ease with which the blogging community can integrate these into their blogs, will be enough in itself to guarantee its success.<BR/><BR/>Another neat aspect, is that for any new quality blogs it could make for easier viral growth of them :-)P.Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11048672512906526013noreply@blogger.com