Developers and content creators of the world, it is time to free yourselves from the share cropping model that is web 2.0.
What will face book give back to the developer community for their efforts ? Will face book share a percentage of the value that is created in their company with the developers and content creators that have add the most value.
The value of that content creators and the developers add is something that is measurable. I doubt Microsoft invested close to a billion dollars in face book for their technology.
How does developing for face book help anyone but facebook ? Once you do the development work for facebook your app will not work easily outside of the face book plantation. This means that Face Book owns your application as well as the data of members that you have helped them capture.
Why does developing for face book involve using non standard development methods when there are well known open source standards that could be used ? Because facebook wants to be the standard and they want you to develop for their platform so that you can help them become the standard. I think we have seen this before; and we are still living with the repercussions.
Developers you have choices to make. I understand if you develop apps for facebook or any other non open standard platform. But please understand that their are ramifications for the choices that you make that go far beyond the facbook and myspace silos.
Jonathan Sarno
· 1 year ago
You're partly right and I know where you coming from but at the NYC facebook Garage we are demoing Zembly.com, a new software that lets you create facebook appls and easily port them over to all the other social media platforms and mobile i.e. facebook apps to iPhone apps in minutes!
Dave
· 1 year ago
Try RSVP this event thru Twitzu.com - Get RSVP to your event on Twitter.
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What will face book give back to the developer community for their efforts ?
Will face book share a percentage of the value that is created in their company with the developers and content creators that have add the most value.
The value of that content creators and the developers add is something that is measurable. I doubt Microsoft invested close to a billion dollars in face book for their technology.
How does developing for face book help anyone but facebook ?
Once you do the development work for facebook your app will not work easily outside of the face book plantation. This means that Face Book owns your application as well as the data of members that you have helped them capture.
Why does developing for face book involve using non standard development methods when there are well known open source standards that could be used ? Because facebook wants to be the standard and they want you to develop for their platform so that you can help them become the standard. I think we have seen this before; and we are still living with the repercussions.
Developers you have choices to make. I understand if you develop apps for facebook or any other non open standard platform. But please understand that their are ramifications for the choices that you make that go far beyond the facbook and myspace silos.