I think you are missing a far more sinister issue here. With this particular announcement Facebook is now directly competing with iLike and Flixter (both application on Facebook and both drove a lot usage to Facebook).
I find it to be an interesting way to payback those who made Facebook successful. Which application will be next?
Nick O'Neill
· 1 year ago
@Sam, you are partially right although Facebook has actually included an iLike application by default with music pages. I don't think Facebook wants to go against application developers.
Sam
· 1 year ago
Ummm... I am not familiar with iLike's biz model but I would guess that iCast (the part that FB included) is not what makes them money :-)
Ultimately weather they include established apps or not FB is walking a fine line. Zuckerberg stood up at the launch of the FB Platform and said they were going to be a social Operating System on which people will build apps. It just no longer rings true. Call me jaded :-)
xavierv
· 1 year ago
The point is that Facebook needs to develop solutions for advertisers otherwise the ship will sink. I think the Film on Facebook is a smart app to distribute major film companies' promotional content throughout the network.
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I find it to be an interesting way to payback those who made Facebook successful. Which application will be next?
Ultimately weather they include established apps or not FB is walking a fine line. Zuckerberg stood up at the launch of the FB Platform and said they were going to be a social Operating System on which people will build apps. It just no longer rings true. Call me jaded :-)
Promotional Film Distribution Through Your Facebook Profile (based on this article)