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Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:10:47 +0000

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By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:59:34 +0000

Fox news - impartial my arse (ass). I bet they wouldn’t have posted that if it were about myspace - who’s issues are evidently similar:
http://tinyurl.com/342v9m

So I guess Lance won’t be investing his $2500 writers fee in Lee Lorenzen’s facebook ‘eco-system fund’, LOL:
http://tinyurl.com/2lru8f

By: Carsten Reinke

Carsten Reinke — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:21:17 +0000

I’m sorry to disagree. His argument isn’t, that “AOL has lost subscribers, so Facebook is certain to run into trouble, too.”.

He clearly says: “Facebook is different from AOL in many ways, but it’s also the same in that its success depends on eyeballs.”

He elaborates, that FB has some issues like Beacon, privacy, some annoying features, blowing up numbers. And he assumes, that therefore simplifying the process of unsubscring would increase the number if people leaving.

I think, he is not too wrong. So what’s the point?

By: Matt Terenzio

Matt Terenzio — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:46:04 +0000

I think it’s this fellow in general. Note my post on 1/21/08 referencing a nolder article:

http://everybuddy.org/2008/01/21/lance-ulanoff-is-a-fool/

Funny, It may suffer a similar fate as AOL as the tendency on the web seems toward more and more open platforms, but not for his reasoning.

By: Fanboy

Fanboy — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:29:53 +0000

why are you posting this on crunchnotes and not techcrunch?

I’m confused by your standards which posts go where?

By: Matt Harwood

Matt Harwood — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:39:34 +0000

Cack article devoid of logic as you say, coupled with a predictably moronic and ignorant rehash from Faux news, all amounts to more ammunition for us new media revolutionists.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:22:27 +0000

If Facebook was doing this for all the right reasons (and I believe they are) they are simply making it a better company to do interact with. I commend them for enhancing their customer experience.

Way to go Lance ‘Chicken Little’ Ulanoff. The news wire must be slow this week.