Comments on: Web 2: Help Me Interview Sheryl Sandberg

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:41:12 +0000

Some Brain Candy (Though it may be difficult to chew on!)

The Attention Economy is obviously an area of interest to facebook since it's the User's focus that becomes a valuable commodity and source of primary revenue.

If, as some research suggests, there are technologies, designs or methods that may draw human attention in ways that operate not only unconsciously (already well recognized I believe) but also in ways that may be damaging to good decision making and/or rational development what is the best response?

Please! I'm only suggesting this as a potential issue... not some conspiracy theory.

In fact, much that's going on works against it... especially the dispersal of information and communication capability.

It's just a cautionary thought since the same forces empowering dispersal can also empower concentration if we take our attention off the ball.

(But run away fast when the screen starts flashing purple and orange pinwheels while a deep voice calmly soothes, "Let me bring you peace, security and happiness... Trust me... just press enter"

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:36:42 +0000

Please ask her perspective of how today's administration wants to use more open, IP, Web, social technologies and how that compares to when she was on the Clinton team.

During Clinton era, we were just into the Telecom Act of 1996...today, we are 13 years into the opening of the pipes. Did we make the right bets? Did that decision help get us to where we are today?

Stuff like that...

By: mark pincus

mark pincus — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:40:30 +0000

in russia, the 'social web' is supposedly now bigger in page views the 'public web'. meaning the number of page views on sites behind a user login now outnumbers those publicly available.

will this happen in the west? if so, what does this mean for google and facebook? will google no longer be able to organize the world's information, and be relegated to the web yellow pages? will facebook offer a social search engine? has fb already become that?

By: Blogging Tips

Blogging Tips — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:27:54 +0000

I prefer facebook to twitter

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:58:30 +0000

How is it working for/with a kid?

Seriously, I’d be interested in hearing her compare/contrast the people & cultures between google and facebook.

By: Personal PPC Coach

Personal PPC Coach — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:10:58 +0000

Apparently Facebook is beta testing APIs with larger agencies according to an article over at Market Pilgrim.

I would definitely like to know their time-line for mainstreaming the use of APIs.

By: Internet Marketing Help

Internet Marketing Help — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:56:54 +0000

I tend to agree that most social sites that exist now are lacking in the right type of format that allow advertisers to market their product or service in a way that convey their sales pitch to targeted prospective customers. That is why I’m having so much trouble getting in.

By: Personal PPC Coach

Personal PPC Coach — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:45:48 +0000

Just some ideas, John.

There seems to be a consensus that Facebook advertisements do not convert very well into sales. Some believe that this is due to the ads being obtrusive and irrelevant. Does Facebook have any plans to ameliorate this situation? Will there be any movement toward keyword targeting?

The interface used by advertisers is somewhat cumbersome. In fact many advertisers create scripts of their own to allow for greater functionality. Will this interface be improved any time soon?

By: jenkins

jenkins — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:11:39 +0000

The traffic in Twitter, the fad, will never convert well for advertisers which is why they will never attain the heights achieved by Facebook. No chance.