Comments on: Social Networks Aren't Products http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products Vitamin Features Mon, 12 May 2008 11:08:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Gatherings for September 25th through January 1st | ideetransfer... http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-189523 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:47:25 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-189523 [...] Vitamin Features » Social Networks Aren’t Products - So you’re working on a social network. Ryan Norbauer can relate, he’s worked on Lovetastic for the past two years. In that time he’s observed that social networks are a unique business problem. In other words, know what you’re getting into. - business socialsoftware [...] […] Vitamin Features » Social Networks Aren’t Products - So you’re working on a social network. Ryan Norbauer can relate, he’s worked on Lovetastic for the past two years. In that time he’s observed that social networks are a unique business problem. In other words, know what you’re getting into. - business socialsoftware […]

]]> by: Gatherings for September 25th through January 1st | ideetransfer http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-178578 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:55:02 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-178578 [...] Vitamin Features » Social Networks Aren’t Products - So you’re working on a social network. Ryan Norbauer can relate, he’s worked on Lovetastic for the past two years. In that time he’s observed that social networks are a unique business problem. In other words, know what you’re getting into. - business socialsoftware [...] […] Vitamin Features » Social Networks Aren’t Products - So you’re working on a social network. Ryan Norbauer can relate, he’s worked on Lovetastic for the past two years. In that time he’s observed that social networks are a unique business problem. In other words, know what you’re getting into. - business socialsoftware […]

]]> by: Google scares me! http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-142450 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:41:44 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-142450 Some interesting points in this article. Some interesting points in this article.

]]> by: Daniel http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-137461 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:29:35 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-137461 I think people want to connect. Social networks connect. All transactions are done based on connections. So in that sense everything on the internet will become social networks. it is part of the product. I think people want to connect.
Social networks connect.
All transactions are done based on connections.
So in that sense everything on the internet will become social networks. it is part of the product.

]]> by: Minnesota.gov Design Project » Minnesota.gov and social networks http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-137244 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:31:39 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-137244 [...] View article [...] […] View article […]

]]> by: 360Digest » Lessons from the tribe http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-131174 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:17:11 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-131174 [...] Social networks aren’t products These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] […] Social networks aren’t products These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]

]]> by: Ryan Norbauer http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-126888 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:02:24 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-126888 Hi Patrick, Great idea. I'll try to draft something like that up soon. Ryan Hi Patrick,

Great idea. I’ll try to draft something like that up soon.

Ryan

]]> by: Patrick Teuscher http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-126885 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:45:29 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-126885 How bout a follow-up with details on weighing resources? I.e. the importance of strategic partnerships vs. crtitical review (bloggers). We've had some success with industry critics, but have yet to team up with other spaces to grow our user base. Cheers, www.flippingpad.com How bout a follow-up with details on weighing resources? I.e. the importance of strategic partnerships vs. crtitical review (bloggers).

We’ve had some success with industry critics, but have yet to team up with other spaces to grow our user base.

Cheers,
www.flippingpad.com

]]> by: Ted Rheingold http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-126700 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:39:08 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-126700 I agree 100%. The community <em>is</em> the product. Without the community a community site is nothing but a bunch of web code sitting on a server. But communities of thousands is actually still quite special and in my mind comparing a targeted community site to Facebook is like being Latvia and comparing yourself to a G8 country. Niche communities, which will most always grow linearly (vs. topic agnostic communities that have the potential to grow exponentially) benefit financially from the homogeneous customer base advertisers like and offer entirely different business models. But dang, if it doesn't all come down to the special magic coming together and people finding and using a site. There's one part that is just uncontrollable. Best success with the new App. I agree 100%. The community is the product. Without the community a community site is nothing but a bunch of web code sitting on a server.

But communities of thousands is actually still quite special and in my mind comparing a targeted community site to Facebook is like being Latvia and comparing yourself to a G8 country.

Niche communities, which will most always grow linearly (vs. topic agnostic communities that have the potential to grow exponentially) benefit financially from the homogeneous customer base advertisers like and offer entirely different business models.

But dang, if it doesn’t all come down to the special magic coming together and people finding and using a site. There’s one part that is just uncontrollable.

Best success with the new App.

]]> by: Geekularity » links for 2007-09-16 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-126660 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:25:30 +0000 http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/biz/social-networks-arent-products#comment-126660 [...] Vitamin Features » Social Networks Aren&#8217;t Products (tags: web2.0 socialnetworks toread) [...] […] Vitamin Features » Social Networks Aren’t Products (tags: web2.0 socialnetworks toread) […]

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