Comments on Joshua March: Facebook's re-design: the right way forward

Remember Pownce? I used to describe it as "Faceboo...

2009-03-25T11:56:00.000Z

Remember Pownce? I used to describe it as "Facebook done right, but without any people".

Thanks for the comment Alex. I have a feeling that...

2009-03-25T11:26:00.000Z

Thanks for the comment Alex. I have a feeling that it will lead to more engagement with the Facebook platform; however they've also opened up their status APIs, e.g. allowing status integration with Tweetdeck - so we could see more engagement with the Facebook feed off third party applications. This is a pretty clear indication from Facebook that they're not precious about retaining engagement on their core site - and a big signal about their monetisation strategy.

There's no doubt that Twitter had a huge influence...

2009-03-25T11:19:00.000Z

There's no doubt that Twitter had a huge influence of the latest Facebook re-design; which is becoming a more contextual, less streamlined, Twitter stream!

Streams are definitely a more efficient way of managing huge quantities of real-time social information.

Will the improved efficiency will lead to people spending more or less time on Facebook? Probably more... ;-)