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Re: The Facebook Spam Battle Continues

Marc — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:41:50 -0000

@Johnathan
Exactly, in the end we all want quality vs. quantity. They could easily cut this down even more by making it relational to grouped friends with a priority score attached to each group. Who cares if a friend of a friend of a friend did xyz with abc app.

I still believe that even though the old ones are running the show like you said that if a new one were to come in and do things better it wouldn't have to rely so much on viral activity as it's primary means for installs. Remember, there are a ton of crap applications, and there are reasons they don't spread.

Re: The Facebook Spam Battle Continues

Sara Waller — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:25:19 -0000

Hello.I agree with JK. Speaking as someone who's part of a team launching a new app and looking at new ways to spread it virally and ETHICALLY outside of invites. Personally, shoe on the other foot, as a regular facebooker I got fed up with all my app invites and so got that toolbar widget that kills em all in one go. So back to basics I think, apps spread via personal contacts & referals on their own strength, not via invites.(although being sent that You Are Sexy app is quite re assuring on a bad hair day)

Re: The Facebook Spam Battle Continues

Jonathan Kleiman — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:42:12 -0000

I'm hoping this will spread the virility among apps, as opposed to cutting it off. New apps are still basically not very viral anyways because the old ones are just running the show

Re: The Facebook Spam Battle Continues

Charlie — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:20:51 -0000

Good. If they don't do this, I think they'll find themselves in decline as users stop seeing the "utility" they're offering.