Comments on: Not Valuable Data http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/07/not-valuable-data/ There are those who experiment and those who follow the formula Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Alex Mather http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/07/not-valuable-data/#comment-24776 Alex Mather Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:12:05 +0000 http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/07/not-valuable-data/#comment-24776 im with Niki on this. i really don't want things to get out of hand to the point where my inbox / newsfeed is cluttered with "product recommendations" and canned "my house / car is for sale" messages from my circle of friends. my online circle of friends would quickly shrink to those who don't bother me with such crap. if you want me to help you sell your house, at least buy me a beer first, friend. "Every time a user communications related application tries to add a commerce layer, they fail. But for some strange reason, a large amount of people believe it is a great idea The-Next-Time-Around." --> amen. friendster had branded profiles a while back and I even tried it out. Vince Vaughn from Wedding Crashers is STILL sending me canned messages. He's annoying and if I wasn't so lazy he'd no longer be my friendster friend. all this jubilation and excitement for shit very few (ZERO) actual facebook members want. im with Niki on this. i really don’t want things to get out of hand to the point where my inbox / newsfeed is cluttered with “product recommendations” and canned “my house / car is for sale” messages from my circle of friends. my online circle of friends would quickly shrink to those who don’t bother me with such crap. if you want me to help you sell your house, at least buy me a beer first, friend.

“Every time a user communications related application tries to add a commerce layer, they fail. But for some strange reason, a large amount of people believe it is a great idea The-Next-Time-Around.” –> amen.

friendster had branded profiles a while back and I even tried it out. Vince Vaughn from Wedding Crashers is STILL sending me canned messages. He’s annoying and if I wasn’t so lazy he’d no longer be my friendster friend.

all this jubilation and excitement for shit very few (ZERO) actual facebook members want.

]]> By: nikiscevak http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/07/not-valuable-data/#comment-24747 nikiscevak Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:26:00 +0000 http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/07/not-valuable-data/#comment-24747 Hey there Joel - I agree that there can be relevance just that the % chances that it will be are about the same as the % chances that a real estate TV ad might be relevant. And the stakes are much higher for irrelevance: these are your friends. Hey there Joel - I agree that there can be relevance just that the % chances that it will be are about the same as the % chances that a real estate TV ad might be relevant. And the stakes are much higher for irrelevance: these are your friends.

]]> By: Joel Burslem http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/07/not-valuable-data/#comment-24746 Joel Burslem Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:01:50 +0000 http://brontemedia.com/2007/11/07/not-valuable-data/#comment-24746 Niki - I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one. Is taking your Zillow listing and distributing it to your social graph any different than telling all your friends you house is for sale. Word of mouth is an incredibly powerful force in all transactions - even real estate. I found our house through friends of friends, I don't think my experience is all that unique. Niki - I think we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one. Is taking your Zillow listing and distributing it to your social graph any different than telling all your friends you house is for sale. Word of mouth is an incredibly powerful force in all transactions - even real estate. I found our house through friends of friends, I don’t think my experience is all that unique.

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