Features everyone must borrow from Facebook

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by Void_ • 16 years ago

15 4 16 years ago

Uhm, why mention Facebook if you don't list three features that are unique to Facebook or were pioneered by them? Seriously, invites, notifications and comments are hardly new concepts. They're good concepts, but they have nothing to do with Facebook.

If you want to mention something that was pioneered by Facebook and that you should copy, then it's the use of real names instead of usernames or handles. This feature is what allowed people to connect with each other over Facebook when having no other communication channel, i.e. reconnecting with old friends or classmates.

codingthewheel• 16 years ago

Very true and Facebook didn't pioneer the use of real names, either. Not by a long shot. Come to think of it, I can't think of a single feature Facebook truly, actually pioneered -- I can think of a great many they popularized.

SteveC• 16 years ago

Comments could backfire on you. What if you have paying subscribers who start recommending your competitors or free/cheaper alternatives to other paying customers. How do you deal with that. Deleting the comments risks alienating customers. Removing the comments feature would annoy all the customers who now enjoy it. Doing nothing will mean you're effectively giving free advertising to competitors.

LoonyPandora• 16 years ago

Make sure your product is better than your competitor's. You shouldn't be scared of a customer doing a fair comparison of your product against someone else's.

Features everyone must borrow from Facebook

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