Comments on: The issues that ail Facebook Platform

By: Inside Facebook » "I have 250,000 users, now what?"

Inside Facebook » "I have 250,000 users, now what?" — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:05:05 +0000

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By: Chris Ye

Chris Ye — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:56:00 +0000

if you don’t already, you should read Marc Andresseen’s blog (blog.pmarca.com). Of the blogs I’ve come across, that one is definitely the best when it comes to in depth analysis on technology & entrepreneurial related topics. He made a post a couple weeks back called: “Analysing the Facebook Platform, three weeks in” which talks about some of the issues Craig is facing but many more as well. Ning (to which he’s co-founder of) launched their app days later so you know hes definitely put some thought into it. Theres the link, enjoy: http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/analyzing_the_f.html.

By: Paul Butler

Paul Butler — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:16:29 +0000

I agree with the revenue sharing model. All he would need is a tenth of one cent per user to cover the hosting costs.

Personally, I am more excited by the fact that he is able to create a web application with 500,000 users, and host it for only $500 per month. This probably has a lot to do with Facebook’s server-side caching, but it is still cool that hosting has gotten so cheap.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:32:57 +0000

Revenue sharing would be one idea to help keep developers on board. When developers start hearing stories like that of Craig Ulliott and the developers of iLike (who had their resources constantly eaten up by Facbook after the launch of their app), they might shy away from developing their applications – after all, what can be the benefit?

Either a) their application does well and they incur huge bandwidth charges with no viable method of income, or b) their app. remains obscure and they still don’t gain any income. (Although, those looking to gain experience will benefit)

I’m not saying that every developer wants money from Facebook, but in this case, the developers of the most popular apps should gain some compensation just because Facebook apps requires the developer to host their own application. (Providing back-end support)

By: unitstep.net

unitstep.net — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 04:00:00 +0000

Con: Monetization While we’re talking about monetization, it’s worthwhile to point out that if this is your main concern, it’s probably best not to pursue Facebook application development. Since support costs can be high for Facebook applications, attempting to derive a successful business model on this will most likely be met with limited success, if any. Some have called for Facebook to start a revenue sharing program