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1. Jim Turner said on July 12th, 2007 at 11:53 am

   It may be they have nothing to do, but it seems to me they have nothing to do with their money. It seems to me they should be funding a company that can make sense of all of the social networking tools and widgets.

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2. Peter said on July 12th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

   What a worthless commentary, even if you’re right. Frequent use of the F word doesn’t substitute for solid reasoning. Just saying that Facebook applications are “a marginal feature at best” doesn’t prove your case. More meat, guy, less focus on just being contrarian.

   FWIW, I agree with you about Facebook applications.

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3. Loren Feldman said on July 12th, 2007 at 2:05 pm

   PEter,
   FWIW you agree, so apparently I communicated effectively. Get up to speed. Are you new around here? The “f” word is the perfect substitute for anything.

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4. Jim Turner said on July 12th, 2007 at 2:14 pm

   Feldman is the ultimate F word

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5. Loren Feldman said on July 12th, 2007 at 2:21 pm

   Thank you Mr. Turner.

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6. Vince Williams said on July 12th, 2007 at 8:51 pm

   @”Feldman is the ultimate F word”.

   I wish I’d said that.;-)

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7. rip said on July 13th, 2007 at 12:17 am

   F as fuck ?
   …
   pardon me

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8. Rodney Rumford said on July 13th, 2007 at 12:42 am

   Loren,
   Just FYI. facebook applications are not “features”.

   I am surprised at how much you totally miss the point and potential upside value of facebook and related applications.

   Facebook users are into value, participation, sharing and discovering content from their network of friends. Good facebook applications can increase this by a large magnitude. (hint: look at the value of the Mini-Feed in facebook and how it shares data that can be quite valuable).

   You obviously do not understand the power or potential of FBML and related deeply integrated applications (both on and off of facebook).

   Rant on… that’s cool. Many people typically bitch and rant from a position of not fully understanding broad reaching concepts. It is far easier to rant than to create a valuable software company.

   Hey Lauren… that so called crappy app MyBlogLog sold for a fair amount of money if my memory serves me as correct. (and most likely the other companies you mentioned will as well)

   Cheers!

   p.s. I seriously like your rants. They normally make me smile. Truly!

   Rodney Rumford
   http://www.facereviews.com

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9. Peter C said on July 14th, 2007 at 3:05 am

   The part where I stopped listening was where you compared Facebook to Twitter and MyBlogLog.

   Having tried all 3, my experience went like this. Tried Twitter for a week. Got bored of it.

   MyBlogLog: tried it for a week. Got bored of it.

   Facebook. Tried it.. tried it some more. Really like it.

   I’m not saying that Facebook Apps WILL or WILL NOT be useful. Time will tell and so far the platforms been out 1.5 months. It’s too early to call if you ask me.

   But if you’re comparing Facebook to Twitter and MyBlogLog, you must not be a Facebook user (or a marginal one at best).

   Compare their numbers. Compare their offerings. Compare the utility. The word “facebook” shouldn’t even be in the same sentence.

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10. jvon said on July 15th, 2007 at 5:30 am

    I know you’ve hit the big time now, there’s some chick walking around in the background.

    Is anybody else seeing this “stack overflow in line 7″ thing?

    Never tried Facebook, maybe I will have a look at it. None of these damn sites are making any money though, so I’m not sure how you measure how investing in one is any more ridiculous than the others. Personally I wouldn’t put a dime in any of them until they can explain how they’re going to turn a profit. (”We’re gonna get bought by Google” does not count as a business model, even if it does seem to work for some companies.)

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11. Jeff McNeill said on July 16th, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    I gotta say, these last three videos are perfect. First you start to get on my nerves, and then you keep hammering away, and WTF, you may be right. The big point is not to take this stuff too seriously. Thank you Loren!

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