DISQUS

Mashable - The Social Media Guide: 2008/05/17/facebook-cable-company/

  • someone · 1 year ago
    Okay, this is how words are twisted to make a story more interesting. He was given a choice between a TV programming provider or a Cable company. And he said, given the choices, we are more like a Cable company.

    Not the same thing!
  • Nealan · 1 year ago
    His talk was so much BS that it was unbelievable. It was like a sales guy telling you how wonderful the Facebook platform was. Also, it was extremely pedantic in approach - who the hell cares about OSI layer - geez!

    Those guys at FB are on crack...
  • MJM · 1 year ago
    To be a bit more "balanced", is a increasingly frequently used analogy. why? valuation. FB and MyS are presented as the next Big 3 of the media space...it is a pretty easy story for a fund manager to understand
  • MJM · 1 year ago
    To be a bit more "balanced", this is a increasingly frequently used analogy. why? valuation. FB and MyS are presented as the next Big 3 of the media space...it is a pretty easy story for a fund manager to understand
  • modemlooper · 1 year ago
    I can see the analogy. Users frequently "tune" in and groups are akin to channels. Its all reality tv though. If they wanted they could get content providers to have paid brand channels as a revenue stream. So I think he was talking about the future that hasn't happened yet.