Ping Users Top One Million in First 48 Hours

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/09/03ping.html

by rimantas • 16 years ago

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moe• 16 years ago

You mean "Users" as in "People who signed up to take a look at the hyped new feature"?

Sorry, but I'll be more curious to see how many people actually use the service in 6 months from now. The first reviews haven't been exactly glamorous.

ghurlman• 16 years ago

No, I think he meant spammers.

benologist• 16 years ago

Pretty sure everyone else counts spammers too ... and anything else they need to reach a newsworthy or investor-friendly figure.

josephholsten• 16 years ago

Hey, I resemble that remark.

andre3k1• 16 years ago

I would say that the majority of "users" (like myself) will not log into the service ever again.

It doesn't help having zero friends :/

And I will blame having no frinds on the lack of Fbook or Twitter connect

agscala• 16 years ago

It's all about quality, not quantity. I'm surprised to see Apple jumping into social music when there's already services like last.fm which already excel and will be hard to dislodge.

jstevens85• 16 years ago

As long as (Long-Term Increased iTunes Store Revenue due to Ping) > (Development and Maintenance Costs of Ping), I can't see why it's surprising. Perhaps you disagree that the above equation will be true for Apple?

whopa2• 16 years ago

A half assed service has the possibility of hurting their brand though, as well as driving people to competitors, e.g. http://twitter.com/garrettdimon/status/22824730445

chanux• 16 years ago

Can iTunes users chose to not be ping users?

sorbus• 16 years ago

Yes. You don't have to turn it on, but it shows up in the sidebar regardless.

etm117• 16 years ago

Yes, and that irks me. I can hide almost everything else in that side-bar. But this is mandatory taking up vertical space on my vertically challenged (widescreen) monitor. Grrr.

jfi• 16 years ago

Just like Apple TV, they will figure out how to make this (semi) right ... I hope.

Ping Users Top One Million in First 48 Hours

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