Facebook taking over the web

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/21/facebook.changes.f8/index.html?hpt=T2

Any word if these "like" buttons will be appearing on porn sites? ;D

 

"Like" is being used in place of "is a fan of," which I've seen some people grousing about on FB already.

 

It would be absolutely hilarious if Facebook ever crashed.

 

Weren't the same stories being written about AOL 10-15 years ago? Now we see them about Facebook and Twitter and AOL seems like such a small-timer.

 

AOL wasn't free. Facebook is.

 

For now.

 

I bet I can find a million people who want Facebook to stay free.

 

Zuckerberg has said numerous times he has no intentions of charging users a fee. He can make money off of advertising. Still, he hasn't really found a way to make money. GQ had a great article about this a few years ago.

Anyway, this new facebook connect feature is something I tried to get my Gannett rag to do about a year ago. I was told my the social networking coordinator at Gannett that they were aware of it, but were unsure of what action they were going to take. Welp, here we are a year later and nothing. What a joke.

 

A few years ago? That's like decades in the Internet world. From the Unofficial Facebook Resource:

http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/01/facebook-makes-money/

They also get 30% off credits people buy from apps and games:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_discloses_how_much_money_it_makes_from_fa.php

 

Anyone remember MySpace?

 

Unfortunately.

 

Closed my MySpace about 2 months ago. I hadn't been there since November and all of my MySpace friends are on FB anyway.