The Economist recently covered Facebook and the concept of the ‘Social Graph.’
Here is what folks had to say via Del.icio.us…
This suggests that the future of social networking will not be one big social graph but instead myriad small communities on the internet to replicate the millions that exist offline. No single company, therefore, can capture the social graph. (Adecarvalho)
article on the future of social networking, focusing on facebook. (ellen_dee_cola)
the future of social networking will not be one big social graph but instead myriad small communities (almarrone)
“The future of social networking will not be one big social graph but instead myriad small communities on the internet to replicate the millions that exist offline. No single company, therefore, can capture the social graph. (jaycollier)
But unlike other networks, social networks lose value once they go beyond a certain size. “The value of a social network is defined not only by who’s on it, but by who’s excluded” (mediaeater)
“Mark Zuckerberg, ten days after turning 23, took the stage in a San Francisco warehouse and announced that he was opening up Facebook, the social network he founded at Harvard University, to outside programmers. Anyone can now build little programs, or (stoweboyd)
There’s less to Facebook and other social networks than meets the eye (h3athrow)
Questioning the valuation of Facebook’s model/features (hanser)
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