The cause of the popularity of facebook
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facebook realized that users are retarded and when you give them too many choices they either 1) just give up using their platform or 2) make their pages so ugly that no one wants to view it. *cough cough* myspace *cough cough*
i just pulled that outa my ass. honestly who knows. i think there was a thread from a while back that discussed it
i just pulled that outa my ass. honestly who knows. i think there was a thread from a while back that discussed it
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Use the search function.
Use the search function.
FB is so popular because it just lets people try and tell people what they like and make themselves seem cool. There is absolutely no benefit in searching for something and liking it besides having your friends see you like it. Here's a perfect example.
Girl1: Anyone have any good book recommendations?
Slut #1: Book, book, and that one too
Slut #2: Omg yes slut #1 i love those hahah
Slut #3: Hmm... this book, this book, and this book. all amazing.
As you can see, since all of the girls are fucking sluts, we know that they never read.
However, since they commented on a status asking for books, which makes them seem like not fucking idiots, people think higher of them in general.
Girl1: Anyone have any good book recommendations?
Slut #1: Book, book, and that one too
Slut #2: Omg yes slut #1 i love those hahah
Slut #3: Hmm... this book, this book, and this book. all amazing.
As you can see, since all of the girls are fucking sluts, we know that they never read.
However, since they commented on a status asking for books, which makes them seem like not fucking idiots, people think higher of them in general.
Facebook started out as an exclusive social network where you must have been a college student to register. I believe they were verifying this somehow, honestly can't remember. And well, who doesn't want to be part of an exclusive "club"? For that reason, many college students were using it. But, soon after Facebook was opened to everyone, and at that point you had all those curious teens always wanting to see what Facebook was about, rushing to Facebook. Not only that, but during that time, Myspace was on a downslope with the sex offender shit, and blinding pages. So I would say Myspace's downfall and Facebook sense of exclusivity placed it where it is today.
Da truf. At the beginning you needed a college email to get started...not to mention it wasn't cluttered with ads til a little while ago, definitely a user-experience plus for a new site needing members.
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Personally, I think Facebook got so popular because it was built on a much better and smoother platform that Myspace was. Myspace is SLOW and Facebook has a much quicker response time. Plus, I'm sure many people were ready for something new at that time.
You used to have a college email address to sign up for facebook way back in the day. 2006 I believe.
You used to have a college email address to sign up for facebook way back in the day. 2006 I believe.
i think it sparked curiosity from the whole "college exclusivity shit"
but i really think the main reason it got so popular was because of its interactive nature. don't forget, a status update, or becoming a fan, didnt exist until facebook. so the interactiveness and the format is what i think made it what it is today.
p.s. and the default layouts .. nothing like myspace media vomit
but i really think the main reason it got so popular was because of its interactive nature. don't forget, a status update, or becoming a fan, didnt exist until facebook. so the interactiveness and the format is what i think made it what it is today.
p.s. and the default layouts .. nothing like myspace media vomit
All that it really was was a standard story of viral marketing, self driven by users of the community. Back in 2002, I created a viral site (more appropriately, ripped off the concept of another site and tweaked it a bit - somewhat like what happened in the social media space), and emailed it out to about 20 friends. 5 signed up (all in one city) and put their link out there, and the first month had about 500 visitors, followed by 5000 the next month, 50,000 the next, and about a year later, it had hit 18,000 visitors/day, with visitors from all over the US and internationally. The site has considerably died down now, but it's still getting a few hundred visits a day, and the top countries for users now include South Africa, US, UK, Canada, Philippines, and India. All of that from links from 5 high school students in one town.
Students from Harvard liked Facebook, so other students (their friends) wanted it, and it spread from there. Starting out with a specific group might not instinctively be the best way to grow a site virally, but you need to hit critical mass in one area before it can start spreading. All it was, was a slight variation on MySpace, just a bit more refined for the college crowd. No annoying backgrounds, emo music, and perceived privacy and exclusivity. Even if some of those aspects weren't there, just tweaking an existing idea a bit, and getting a new viral crowd to spread the site seems to work.
Students from Harvard liked Facebook, so other students (their friends) wanted it, and it spread from there. Starting out with a specific group might not instinctively be the best way to grow a site virally, but you need to hit critical mass in one area before it can start spreading. All it was, was a slight variation on MySpace, just a bit more refined for the college crowd. No annoying backgrounds, emo music, and perceived privacy and exclusivity. Even if some of those aspects weren't there, just tweaking an existing idea a bit, and getting a new viral crowd to spread the site seems to work.