Comments on: Facebook: The startup sandbox

By: facebook applications: use or be used » nickbouton.com

facebook applications: use or be used » nickbouton.com — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:13:09 +0000

[...] all comes down to the sandbox model. As Mathew Ingram pointed out in a post last week, Facebook has become a startup sandbox. Companies that aren’t sure whether they have solid [...]

By: mathewi

mathewi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:59:01 +0000

I think you're right, David — and the news about the API including widgets
makes that even easier now, it seems.

By: David Gratton

David Gratton — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:56:41 +0000

I'm not sold on the actual long term value of facebook as the sole platform for building one's business. Building facebooks apps is predicated on the assumption that the vast majority of your intended users are members of Facebook. Clearly that is not the case today. However, there presently no other platform with the features or user base that developers can test their social apps. If you can build a successful facebook application (that doesn't rely on enhancing facebooks present communication features – Superwall, etc.) then I think you can certainly extend it outside of facebook.

By: mathewi

mathewi — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:59:01 +0000

I think you're right, David — and the news about the API including widgets
makes that even easier now, it seems.

By: David Gratton

David Gratton — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:56:41 +0000