Mashable - The Social Media Guide - Latest Comments in Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Manoj Varghese Mathew — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:17:49 -0000

hey here is silly facebook application created by me... to use google wave inside facebook,
check this link out: http://bmiint.blogspot.com/...

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

z-maztah — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:45:32 -0000

I got my Google Wave Account, err Accounts.

I guess Facebook might have to overhaul its technical underpinnings to mimic Google's Wave. Essentially, one googlewave account makes for a dynamic number of waves = one Facebook account. Gwave allows for an intuitive and graphical compartmentalization of security/data information by empowering users to create multiple waves. Facebook on the other hand, in its revamped Privacy Settings only allowed for a maximum of four (4) settings; and users have to have that for every piece of digital info. That's so cumbersome and tedious.

Say like if in a social networking site I have some 300+ friends and I wanted to have a "closed" birthday party by having dine-out with 5 of my family members and 10 of my closest friends. And I have some 10 digital pieces of info that i wanted to post for all the 15 of them.

In Facebook that number of steps to do that would be 15 x 10 = 150 steps. In Google Wave, I only have to do it 15 + 10 = 25 steps.

The only thing I don't like about Google Wave right now is responsiveness (maybe overwhelmed by load of users) and I only have 8 invites available. Darn! I just have to wait for more in order to drag my friends. But I am pretty sure that with its technical superiority, intuitive design, and Google's financial muscle, wave will make tsunamis, and some boats in the seas would have to muster their strength to survive this huge phenomenon!

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

meatgrinder — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:51:22 -0000

Why is everyone thinking facebook should take wave....It should be the other way around. If your contact status on google wave was a wave viewable by a certain group of contacts...then Bam - facewave. You could have several...One for friends and one for work. Then you could view your contact panel alphabetically, by latest wave status update, etc. That's 95% of facebook.

Facebook has a terrible email interface. Wave integrates all these different communications so nicely.

Once your contact info page is integrated with Picasa...That's a wrap folks.

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

pepeherrera — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:28:50 -0000

Google Wave FREE > http://www.facebook.com/goo...

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

John Lessnau — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:39:07 -0000

You have it backwards. Wave is a clone of Facebook, just with more features. Facebook thrives on being simple enough so 12 year old school girls (and adults that act like them) can gossip with their friends.

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

gybesports — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:39:03 -0000

I;ve been playing in the sandbox for a week now, you can integrate everything already through the gadgets developed, like emaily and twitbot. When wave is public release I will put a wave feed into my facebook account and anybody will be able to interact with it. As they will also on my web pages and blog. It's just like adding any other gadget. Facebook doesn't need to do anything. My view is let facebook users log into the wave client and google accounts with their facebook login and you already have total synergy, you will already be able to decide whether you want your waves on you facebook or your facebook on your waves.

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Name — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:39:52 -0000

Already in the works, maybe even beyond what Google Wave does: lookup RockMelt

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Josh Catone — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:23:52 -0000

The news feed (what you're doing on the site) an activity streams (what you're doing on OTHER sites) are not the same thing. FriendFeed did lifestreaming before Facebook. You'll notice I specifically said "updates from outside sites."

FYI, Facebook launched outside services in in the news feed in 2008: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_o...

FriendFeed launched in Oct. 2007.

To quote Sean Ammirati at ReadWriteWeb in the article I linked to above (dated Feb. 27, 2008):

"We've discussed before the increasing importance that social networks are placing on feeds. In a previous post, we gave Facebook credit for introducing the paradigm with their News Feed.

While Facebook certainly led the adoption of this 'feed paradigm' in social networks, in the area of integrating external web services, Facebook clearly has lagged. Startups like Plaxo Pulse, FriendFeed, and Iminta are integrating content streams from other services and Facebook may well be doing this to compete with those offerings. "

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Kyle — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:03:16 -0000

From what I've seen, I could see this as being a "Facebook 3.0" type deal. I don't know what would have to be reworked on the back-end (probably a lot) but on the front-end I would imagine there would be minimal changes needed. Then again, I'm saying this not really having any first hand experience with Wave.

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

GECA — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:59:44 -0000

Facebook would never be so innovative. They even limit their internal chat so that is so contra WAVE. Wave is communication and expression in real time. If facebook can't control it, they will not allow it.

IE: "YOU HAVE EXCEEDED THE LIMIT FOR SENDING CHAT MESSAGES!

You are temporarily blocked from sending chat messages. Block times may vary depending on the feature and scale of abuse. Blocks cannot be lifted.

Misuse of Facebook's features may result in your account being disabled."

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

vanessahollingshead — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:13:54 -0000

Yes, that is true. But what happens when facebook disables you for NO reason. And there is no live person to help. This is awful. And I am not a spammer. I am a comic. My crime: I created a fan page, and too many people signed up?

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Name — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:44:00 -0000

I agree, Facebook doesn't need to "steal" Wave, as it is free for them to use as is. I would like to see a Facebook-Wave {called Face-Wave or Wave-book ;)} Client, the main reason being is that I would than only need to visit the one website for all my on line communication needs. (Email, Social networking, IM ...) This is what Wave has been design for.

As a sub comment, I would love to see wave implemented into these website comment boards (and forums) that we are using now. So I can post a comment (on a wave), and when other add to it is can see the updates in the Wave Client. Which would save use all a lot of time and make these comment boards more dynamic! Here's to hoping!

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Jay Mayu — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:20:29 -0000

Intersting article. Its so obvious that Facebook gonna clone Wave in near future. btw still I'm looknig for an invite for Google Wave.. anyone got one, please do share with me at mayu3g AT gmail.com

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Name — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:20:42 -0000

Exactly....
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Google wave invites — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:52:13 -0000

Very interesting article. Facebook wave could be real, who knows.
For updated news of google wave invites please visit
http://www.google-wave-invi...
It offers news from most reliable sources. As you can see from the site it is following head google engineer and product manager's twitter. So, do not go dropping your emails to spambots, you will not get invites that way. Read more then you will understand. Thanks admin for writing this article.

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

redapple — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:06 -0000

wave isnt jet avaible for masses, so how and why facebook should clone it? to piss people?

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Max Richardson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:05:01 -0000

Can't the rival companies stay friends and somehow merge the two systems rather than compete? All competing does in social media is create small boundaries between people?

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Guest — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:11:28 -0000

WAVE looks very interesting. I'll give it a try.

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Google Waver — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:40:19 -0000

There are still some Google Wave invites being shared here:

http://tinyurl.com/ybdtx6k

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Brad F. — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:34:51 -0000

I know a guy that got an invite and said he had "7 left". So it seems reasonable to assume he had 8 to start with. Luckily he gave one of those 7 to me, but I haven't received anything from Google yet. I think it's just a nomination that puts you at the top of the list for the next roll-out of invites.

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

Brad F. — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:33:35 -0000

A little unrelated but is Google Wave compatible with traditional e-mail? What I mean is, does it have an address that a GMail or HotMail user can put in their "To:" field and send me an e-mail that I can receive in Wave? I want to know if this can totally replace my e-mail inbox or is it going to be one more place that I have to visit every day to check for new messages.

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

John — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:04:32 -0000

I can't wait to start using Google Wave for my Team Projects at school. Google docs is great but I think Google Wave will be even better

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

tim — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:50:36 -0000

It is sooo frustrating to be reading about Google wave all the time without being able to try it!! I was told that every invite comes with 8 invites though, IS IT TRUE??? If it were the case it means that within 6 weeks about all internet users should have received at least one invite, according to this very simple mathematic model.

100 000 * 8 = 800 000 users 1st week --> Today
800 000 * 8 = 640 000 users 2nd week
640 000 * 8 = 5 120 000 users 3rd week
5 120 000 * 8= 40 960 000 users 4th week
40 960 000 * 8= 327 000 000 users 5th week
More than 1 billion in 6 weeks ...

Could anyone tell me whether google invites come with 8 invites, less, more or NO INVITE at all?? Thank you for your answers!!

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

wecandobiz — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:47:47 -0000

True to a degree, although with Facebook Connect they are working towards providing us all with a "social identity" and gluing the Social Web together, making us want/need to sign in to Facebook first to see what those we know are up to across the web; reading through our feed of activity from our contacts both on and away from Facebook.

It would be very powerful if Facebook made use of Wave technology and would do a great deal to help uptake. Certainly if they plan to extend their mail features then something like Wave is what they should be doing.

But does Zuckeberg really want to help Google get an advantage at the same time?

Ian Hendry
CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
http://www.wecando.biz

Re: Facebook Wave: Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave

wanker — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:53:22 -0000

wank