Comments on: What’s happening with the top Facebook apps? http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/10/whats-happening-with-the-top-facebook-apps/ Essays on viral marketing, freemium, and social gaming Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:07:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gordon Morehouse http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/10/whats-happening-with-the-top-facebook-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Gordon Morehouse Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:52:50 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/10/whats-happening-with-the-top-facebook-apps/#comment-381 <p>Compare People is declining because it's a very interesting concept that's poorly executed. There is a lot of frustration on the message board for it, and the authors insist on adding a lot of stupid and annoying viral hooks into the app which makes it a pain to use. For example, it asks you to invite friends after EVERY comparison set. Maybe after the first 30 times, it should realize you're probably not going to invite anyone else.</p> Compare People is declining because it’s a very interesting concept that’s poorly executed. There is a lot of frustration on the message board for it, and the authors insist on adding a lot of stupid and annoying viral hooks into the app which makes it a pain to use. For example, it asks you to invite friends after EVERY comparison set. Maybe after the first 30 times, it should realize you’re probably not going to invite anyone else.

]]> By: Cindy http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/10/whats-happening-with-the-top-facebook-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Cindy Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:45:48 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/10/whats-happening-with-the-top-facebook-apps/#comment-380 <p>Hi Andrew,</p> <p>I've been trying to find a source that shows performance overtime for facebook apps. The charts you have, is this accessible data anyone can tap into or did you compile the data on your own? Be glad to get any tips!</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> CJ</p> Hi Andrew,

I’ve been trying to find a source that shows performance overtime for facebook apps. The charts you have, is this accessible data anyone can tap into or did you compile the data on your own? Be glad to get any tips!

Thanks,
CJ

]]> By: Ryan http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/10/whats-happening-with-the-top-facebook-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Ryan Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:35:58 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/10/whats-happening-with-the-top-facebook-apps/#comment-379 <p>The profile cleanup wizard probably wiped a bunch of apps off profile pages, which is a huge source of virality for apps. Also, minifeed controls like "i didn't do this" and newsfeed controls that allow you to bury events are probably taking their toll on the most annoying/viral apps. Additionally, platform changes such as giving preference to newsfeed links that do *not* require an app install, plus eliminating events where you were not a primary actor.... all these things are effectively Facebook's spam control experiments. They amount to a predictable decline in usage for the biggest apps, most of which are useless spam-generators.</p> The profile cleanup wizard probably wiped a bunch of apps off profile pages, which is a huge source of virality for apps. Also, minifeed controls like “i didn’t do this” and newsfeed controls that allow you to bury events are probably taking their toll on the most annoying/viral apps. Additionally, platform changes such as giving preference to newsfeed links that do *not* require an app install, plus eliminating events where you were not a primary actor…. all these things are effectively Facebook’s spam control experiments. They amount to a predictable decline in usage for the biggest apps, most of which are useless spam-generators.

]]> By: Eric Dewhirst http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/10/whats-happening-with-the-top-facebook-apps/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Eric Dewhirst Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:24:55 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/10/whats-happening-with-the-top-facebook-apps/#comment-378 <p>Hey Andrew,</p> <p>As usual another great post. My thinking is that people are getting tired of application spam and now even if a friend sends them an invite they don't want to go through the hassle of launching yet another dumb app. </p> <p>I struggle with what is a good app for FB - it seems like if an app is worth building then FBML seriously limits what you can do. Once you have been sent a drink or bitten by a zombie - do you really want to do it again?</p> <p>The native functionality within FB addresses a lot of user needs - I think the test would be - what FB app would you pay for?</p> <p>In any event thanks Andrew for asking questions and creating a place for a dialog.</p> <p>Cheers - Eric</p> Hey Andrew,

As usual another great post. My thinking is that people are getting tired of application spam and now even if a friend sends them an invite they don’t want to go through the hassle of launching yet another dumb app.

I struggle with what is a good app for FB – it seems like if an app is worth building then FBML seriously limits what you can do. Once you have been sent a drink or bitten by a zombie – do you really want to do it again?

The native functionality within FB addresses a lot of user needs – I think the test would be – what FB app would you pay for?

In any event thanks Andrew for asking questions and creating a place for a dialog.

Cheers – Eric

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