4 reasons why Google's OpenSocial is a PR scam - Valleywag Comments

4 reasons why Google's OpenSocial is a PR scam

karel — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:35:41 PDT

it's a common api for developers, so we appreciate it. how each site implements it will differ, and in the end, whether each site's users find that implementation sticky is a completely separate question. Facebook's users come back most often and do the most, and opensocial isn't likely to change that in the next 6 months.

karel

4 reasons why Google's OpenSocial is a PR scam

Philipp Lenssen — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:06:15 PDT

> "social graph"

If you don't want to participate in scam-speak, call it "social network" ;)

Philipp Lenssen

4 reasons why Google's OpenSocial is a PR scam

nmw — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:41:12 PDT

Yes, I agree -- I also posted a rather skeptical remark at the ReadWriteWeb.COM article you linked to, but it appears that ReadWriteWeb is not currently "open to skepticism" ;D

see also: [battellemedia.com] (there are two discussions -- one about G's anouncement, the other about myspace getting in on the "big deal" ;)

nmw