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Facebook to Open Up its Registration
By Drew Meyers | September 11, 2006
I know, a bit of Facebook overkill recently, but what can you do when a company keeps putting out news? The most recent news? Facebook is going to open up their registration to anyone and everyone by adding 500 geographic regions for people to associate themselves with. No longer will people be required to have a .edu domain name (or more recently- one of about a thousand corporate e-mail domains facebook added). Facebook’s exclusivity was a big reason that it proved so popular with many of its loyal users. The main reason I don’t like Myspace is that it is littered with spam. Business Week reported on this news that Techcrunch and Mashable both mentioned earlier today.
Will this be a smart move for facebook? I’m not totally convinced yet. I believe there is a better way to expand than letting anyone and everyone sign up- slow expansion. Add e-mail domain networks for every company they can find, but don’t let just ANYONE sign up. I’ll be interested to see how quickly SPAM creeps into the facebook system once the new registration options are updated. Sure, this will enable facebook to expand their users relatively quickly, but is it the best move in the long haul? Do they really want to compete with myspace? Can they really compete? It looks like we may find out.
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Topics: Web 2.0, Social Networking, MySpace, Facebook, Business, Technology |
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September 25th, 2006 at 7:04 am
[…] This is a great move by the Facebook team- They’ve LISTENED! Following the uproar over the announcement that facebook is going to open up its registration, Facebook has implemented new privacy controls for their users based on feedback received. Facebook rebounded from the outcry about their newsfeed feature in a similar manner- by listening to users and giving them what they ask for. They are definitely winning the trust of users by taking action to address user concerns before adding the next site addition- an open registration. […]
September 26th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
[…] My thoughts? I’m getting more and more convinced that this is the right move for them. Much of the reason I have changed my stance from not being totally convinced is because they have put so many privacy controls in place for their users. Sure, users might rebel and create petition groups, but will they leave the site altogether? Probably not given that facebook is listening to its users and acting on their feedback. Another reason? The largest competitor, myspace, is trying to take out many of the companies that helped make them so successful, which is sure to hurt them in my opinion. This could get interesting… […]