Comments on: On Facebook Opening Up http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on_facebook_opening_up Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: anonymous http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php#comment-4430 anonymous Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:32:48 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php#comment-4430 <p><br /> John,<br /> you do not need WSJ subscription to be able to read their online articles. Just search them on google news,and click them from google. You could read the facebook article from the following search for free.</p> <p><a href="http://news.google.com/news?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=Facebook+Opens+Site+To+Developers+Of+Services+site%3Awsj.com" rel="nofollow">http://news.google.com/news?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=Facebook+Opens+Site+To+Developers+Of+Services+site%3Awsj.com</a></p> <p>could somebody please write a firefox extension to do this process automatically. That will save $100 for John and others.</p> John,
you do not need WSJ subscription to be able to read their online articles. Just search them on google news,and click them from google. You could read the facebook article from the following search for free.

http://news.google.com/news?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=Facebook+Opens+Site+To+Developers+Of+Services+site%3Awsj.com

could somebody please write a firefox extension to do this process automatically. That will save $100 for John and others.

]]> By: Steven Robertson http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php#comment-4429 Steven Robertson Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:55:49 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php#comment-4429 <p>"What I cannot figure out is whether this means Facebook is going to solve its linking problem."</p> <p>Seems like it is, at least in the outbound direction. A link in a friend's status, which was autoset by the Twitter app, took me directly to another website without an intermediate 'You are about to leave Facebook' page. It also seems to work from my own status.</p> <p>Facebook's linking problem made using the service cumbersome and irritating. I'm happy to see them play with the rest of the web as equals.</p> “What I cannot figure out is whether this means Facebook is going to solve its linking problem.”

Seems like it is, at least in the outbound direction. A link in a friend’s status, which was autoset by the Twitter app, took me directly to another website without an intermediate ‘You are about to leave Facebook’ page. It also seems to work from my own status.

Facebook’s linking problem made using the service cumbersome and irritating. I’m happy to see them play with the rest of the web as equals.

]]> By: Michael Cohn http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php#comment-4428 Michael Cohn Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:04:09 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php#comment-4428 <p>Although it's true that it's not easy to link from one part of Facebook to another, it's not uncommon for me to click on links that lead me to other sites. And if you use the 'Share on Facebook' Firefox tool, then you are providing an outside link and a well-formatted thumbnail to everyone who sees your feed. </p> <p>My point is that Facebook does play nice in terms of sending you to other sites. Not so much in terms of making it easy to link to them. Interesting how just a few years ago, large publishers were looking for ways to *prevent* "deep linking" to their content.</p> Although it’s true that it’s not easy to link from one part of Facebook to another, it’s not uncommon for me to click on links that lead me to other sites. And if you use the ‘Share on Facebook’ Firefox tool, then you are providing an outside link and a well-formatted thumbnail to everyone who sees your feed.

My point is that Facebook does play nice in terms of sending you to other sites. Not so much in terms of making it easy to link to them. Interesting how just a few years ago, large publishers were looking for ways to *prevent* “deep linking” to their content.

]]> By: Alex http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php#comment-4427 Alex Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:52:30 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php#comment-4427 <p>John,</p> <p>I totally agree. FB has been odd when it comes to linking, they like to keep it all in. Likely, they can open up and integrate fully into the open web.</p> <p>What I do not get though, is the Twitter envy. Yeah okay, Twitter traffic is growing. Yeah, okay Twitter is the hottest app now, and celebrities are on it, etc.</p> <p>But Facebook is huge and powerful and most importantly - different. It has nothing to do with the real time connections. It is about really connecting with friends. Twitter is not.</p> <p>Facebook is about pictures, videos, messages, walls, groups - all this stuff that made people use FB in the first place. Its not about the stream of news, thats what Twitter is. </p> <p>Why can't Facebook just come to terms with what it is and be the best at that?</p> <p>Alex</p> John,

I totally agree. FB has been odd when it comes to linking, they like to keep it all in. Likely, they can open up and integrate fully into the open web.

What I do not get though, is the Twitter envy. Yeah okay, Twitter traffic is growing. Yeah, okay Twitter is the hottest app now, and celebrities are on it, etc.

But Facebook is huge and powerful and most importantly – different. It has nothing to do with the real time connections. It is about really connecting with friends. Twitter is not.

Facebook is about pictures, videos, messages, walls, groups – all this stuff that made people use FB in the first place. Its not about the stream of news, thats what Twitter is.

Why can’t Facebook just come to terms with what it is and be the best at that?

Alex

]]> By: Alex Iskold http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php#comment-4426 Alex Iskold Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:51:12 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2009/04/on_facebook_opening_up.php#comment-4426 <p>John,</p> <p>I totally agree. FB has been odd when it comes to linking, they like to keep it all in. Likely, they can open up and integrate fully into the open web.</p> <p>What I do not get though, is the Twitter envy. Yeah okay, Twitter traffic is growing. Yeah, okay Twitter is the hottest app now, and celebrities are on it, etc.</p> <p>But Facebook is huge and powerful and most importantly - different. It has nothing to do with the real time connections. It is about really connecting with friends. Twitter is not.</p> <p>Facebook is about pictures, videos, messages, walls, groups - all this stuff that made people use FB in the first place. Its not about the stream of news, thats what Twitter is. </p> <p>Why can't Facebook just come to terms with what it is and be the best at that?</p> John,

I totally agree. FB has been odd when it comes to linking, they like to keep it all in. Likely, they can open up and integrate fully into the open web.

What I do not get though, is the Twitter envy. Yeah okay, Twitter traffic is growing. Yeah, okay Twitter is the hottest app now, and celebrities are on it, etc.

But Facebook is huge and powerful and most importantly – different. It has nothing to do with the real time connections. It is about really connecting with friends. Twitter is not.

Facebook is about pictures, videos, messages, walls, groups – all this stuff that made people use FB in the first place. Its not about the stream of news, thats what Twitter is.

Why can’t Facebook just come to terms with what it is and be the best at that?

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