Re: Amazon Gets Social
Russ has a nice post on Amazon's new Facebook apps Giver and Grapevine.
Here are my thoughts on the apps:
They suck.
I doubt they will do very well as far as building a user base. Unlike Visual Bookshelf, which Russell cited as a good example of a useful Facebook App, Amazon's apps are not useful. At least not to me and my intuition tells me not to very many others.
First, who cares what you are doing on Amazon? And probably, in a lot of cases, you don't want others to know what you're doing on Amazon.
Second, Facebook is not the place to display your wish list. In fact, you shouldn't display it anywhere. I think it's tacky, cheesy, snobbish.
Here are my thoughts on the apps:
They suck.
I doubt they will do very well as far as building a user base. Unlike Visual Bookshelf, which Russell cited as a good example of a useful Facebook App, Amazon's apps are not useful. At least not to me and my intuition tells me not to very many others.
First, who cares what you are doing on Amazon? And probably, in a lot of cases, you don't want others to know what you're doing on Amazon.
Second, Facebook is not the place to display your wish list. In fact, you shouldn't display it anywhere. I think it's tacky, cheesy, snobbish.
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You have to revise your opinion. Repeating this nuttery misses your point. Give us proofs. Not just with words, but with deeds.