Comments on: MY QUEST TO SAVE FACEBOOK…I AM SERIOUS! http://oonwoye.com/blog/2009/04/27/my-quest-to-save-facebook-i-am-serious/ ...sometimes, I make a lot of sense. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:43:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Twitter is not Jesus and will not save humanity. | OoTheNigerian http://oonwoye.com/blog/2009/04/27/my-quest-to-save-facebook-i-am-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-1285 Twitter is not Jesus and will not save humanity. | OoTheNigerian Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:11:37 +0000 http://oonwoye.com/blog/?p=60#comment-1285 [...] Facebook pages offer that in a more robust manner(Notes, Videos e.t.c). As I pointed out in my FB post, Facebook has much more to offer if they get their act together. The main barrier to their opening [...] [...] Facebook pages offer that in a more robust manner(Notes, Videos e.t.c). As I pointed out in my FB post, Facebook has much more to offer if they get their act together. The main barrier to their opening [...]

]]> By: Gavin Ayling http://oonwoye.com/blog/2009/04/27/my-quest-to-save-facebook-i-am-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Gavin Ayling Mon, 04 May 2009 14:19:23 +0000 http://oonwoye.com/blog/?p=60#comment-29 The premium accounts idea is good but not the way you envision it. Adding a new limit of 1Gb for photos would destroy Facebook overnight because many users would start to question whether to upload pictures of last night's party. However, many of my friends did upload poor quality pictures of a holiday we recently shared. I would happily pay to be able to view higher quality pictures that my friends uploaded. It would need to be this way around as well, because I cannot see any advantage to paying to upload higher quality pictures -- the gain would be my friends'. The premium accounts idea is good but not the way you envision it.

Adding a new limit of 1Gb for photos would destroy Facebook overnight because many users would start to question whether to upload pictures of last night’s party.

However, many of my friends did upload poor quality pictures of a holiday we recently shared. I would happily pay to be able to view higher quality pictures that my friends uploaded. It would need to be this way around as well, because I cannot see any advantage to paying to upload higher quality pictures — the gain would be my friends’.

]]> By: Oo http://oonwoye.com/blog/2009/04/27/my-quest-to-save-facebook-i-am-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Oo Fri, 01 May 2009 00:13:04 +0000 http://oonwoye.com/blog/?p=60#comment-28 Thank you Rick.. The idea is to ADD to those who want to pay and not change everything for everyone as they do. No idiot will complain that a service is not given free, the problem will come if they reduce anything. If they integrate search properly, it is Over!! Thank you Rick..

The idea is to ADD to those who want to pay and not change everything for everyone as they do. No idiot will complain that a service is not given free, the problem will come if they reduce anything. If they integrate search properly, it is Over!!

]]> By: Rick http://oonwoye.com/blog/2009/04/27/my-quest-to-save-facebook-i-am-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Rick Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:34:38 +0000 http://oonwoye.com/blog/?p=60#comment-27 Great post! Facebook is in a terrific position to monetize their user base through a subscription service. They just need to keep it simple like Flickr, IGN, WordPress, and other free services with a premium option. I'd gladly pay $9/month for an ad-free version of Facebook with high resolution photo upload/downloads. An ad-free profile with a vanity URL would be nice too. Controlling the reaction of it's entitled user base is the problem. They riot whenever Facebook changes shades of blue and they'll riot over this too. However, if nothing is taken away from basic users, I don't see any valid argument against this. Great post! Facebook is in a terrific position to monetize their user base through a subscription service. They just need to keep it simple like Flickr, IGN, WordPress, and other free services with a premium option.

I’d gladly pay $9/month for an ad-free version of Facebook with high resolution photo upload/downloads. An ad-free profile with a vanity URL would be nice too.

Controlling the reaction of it’s entitled user base is the problem. They riot whenever Facebook changes shades of blue and they’ll riot over this too. However, if nothing is taken away from basic users, I don’t see any valid argument against this.

]]> By: Henry Okelue http://oonwoye.com/blog/2009/04/27/my-quest-to-save-facebook-i-am-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Henry Okelue Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:32:02 +0000 http://oonwoye.com/blog/?p=60#comment-26 The premium account ish will never work...that will be the demise of facebook, cos we will not pay to use it. I do not think facebook is in need of help, they are not anywhere close to going insolvent. Zack makes his money by selling stuff like all those gifts you give people.... The premium account ish will never work…that will be the demise of facebook, cos we will not pay to use it. I do not think facebook is in need of help, they are not anywhere close to going insolvent. Zack makes his money by selling stuff like all those gifts you give people….

]]> By: Oo http://oonwoye.com/blog/2009/04/27/my-quest-to-save-facebook-i-am-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Oo Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:46:17 +0000 http://oonwoye.com/blog/?p=60#comment-24 @ Joel: My solution to it is to create a whole new app(like notes, status, wall, photos e.t.c ) which is a replica of what Twitter does, then give users the option of setting their privacy. On Twitter you can make it possible to prevent people from following you automatically. On Facebook you can have the whole world see all your photographs but not let them see any other thing (like your notes). I strogly believe it can and will be done. @ Joel: My solution to it is to create a whole new app(like notes, status, wall, photos e.t.c ) which is a replica of what Twitter does, then give users the option of setting their privacy. On Twitter you can make it possible to prevent people from following you automatically.

On Facebook you can have the whole world see all your photographs but not let them see any other thing (like your notes). I strogly believe it can and will be done.

]]> By: Oo http://oonwoye.com/blog/2009/04/27/my-quest-to-save-facebook-i-am-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Oo Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:26:03 +0000 http://oonwoye.com/blog/?p=60#comment-23 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-20"> <strong><a href="#comment-20" rel="nofollow">Isaac Lewis</a> :</strong> <p>This is interesting. I think premium accounts could be one workable idea, though it’d be a tough sell - not many users will be happy about suddenly having to pay for something that Facebook has been giving away for free for years.</p> </blockquote> Isaac, The premium offering is an add on to the existing offering. Like the Freemium model (http://tinyurl.com/dl573a), add on higher quality services and some people will pay. Flickr gives 1GB picture of storage free then charges for extra storage. I would definitely pay a little to have the ability to upload higher quality pictures or tag a group of friends with one click, or tag a hundred people on my note, e.t.c. The classic model (sell and run) will be good for Zucky, but not for Facebook.

Isaac Lewis :

This is interesting. I think premium accounts could be one workable idea, though it’d be a tough sell – not many users will be happy about suddenly having to pay for something that Facebook has been giving away for free for years.

Isaac, The premium offering is an add on to the existing offering. Like the Freemium model (http://tinyurl.com/dl573a), add on higher quality services and some people will pay. Flickr gives 1GB picture of storage free then charges for extra storage. I would definitely pay a little to have the ability to upload higher quality pictures or tag a group of friends with one click, or tag a hundred people on my note, e.t.c.

The classic model (sell and run) will be good for Zucky, but not for Facebook.

]]> By: Joel Gascoigne http://oonwoye.com/blog/2009/04/27/my-quest-to-save-facebook-i-am-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Joel Gascoigne Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:58:13 +0000 http://oonwoye.com/blog/?p=60#comment-21 Great post. The reason I think you won't get rid of Twitter just yet is the opposing ways Twitter and Facebook deal with openness, and this is the reason I've been able to use Twitter in such useful ways to network with people more than with Facebook. Robert Scoble hit the nail right on the head with his post yesterday: "Facebook is still keeping most of its users’ data private due to the privacy contract that it has made with its users." http://scobleizer.com/2009/04/27/facebook-still-a-data-roach-motel-when-compared-to-twitter-and-friendfeed/ Twitter is public by default, Facebook is private by default. Companies can't find out what people are saying about their products on Facebook. Also, another related blog post is by ReadWriteWeb: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/despite_new_openness_facebook_remains_fundamentall_1.php I have to say, openness and search are the two big ones in my opinion. Search is vital. Great post.

The reason I think you won’t get rid of Twitter just yet is the opposing ways Twitter and Facebook deal with openness, and this is the reason I’ve been able to use Twitter in such useful ways to network with people more than with Facebook.

Robert Scoble hit the nail right on the head with his post yesterday:

“Facebook is still keeping most of its users’ data private due to the privacy contract that it has made with its users.”
http://scobleizer.com/2009/04/27/facebook-still-a-data-roach-motel-when-compared-to-twitter-and-friendfeed/

Twitter is public by default, Facebook is private by default. Companies can’t find out what people are saying about their products on Facebook.

Also, another related blog post is by ReadWriteWeb: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/despite_new_openness_facebook_remains_fundamentall_1.php

I have to say, openness and search are the two big ones in my opinion. Search is vital.

]]> By: Isaac Lewis http://oonwoye.com/blog/2009/04/27/my-quest-to-save-facebook-i-am-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Isaac Lewis Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:05:54 +0000 http://oonwoye.com/blog/?p=60#comment-20 This is interesting. I think premium accounts could be one workable idea, though it'd be a tough sell - not many users will be happy about suddenly having to pay for something that Facebook has been giving away for free for years. Another thing that I've heard people mention is that they need to provide a better environment for advertisers - apparently click-through rates on FB are abyssmal. What could really be a money maker is if they figure out a way to supply all their collected information on users to marketers and advertisers without alienating their user base. FB has the potential to be one of the best tools for market research in the world, but it looks like users aren't keen on having their personal details sold. If there was some way of solving this dilemma, I think it could be a big moneymaker for FB. Or they could just follow the classic bubble model... sell off all their shares in the IPO and run... This is interesting. I think premium accounts could be one workable idea, though it’d be a tough sell – not many users will be happy about suddenly having to pay for something that Facebook has been giving away for free for years.

Another thing that I’ve heard people mention is that they need to provide a better environment for advertisers – apparently click-through rates on FB are abyssmal.

What could really be a money maker is if they figure out a way to supply all their collected information on users to marketers and advertisers without alienating their user base. FB has the potential to be one of the best tools for market research in the world, but it looks like users aren’t keen on having their personal details sold. If there was some way of solving this dilemma, I think it could be a big moneymaker for FB.

Or they could just follow the classic bubble model… sell off all their shares in the IPO and run…

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