Facebook Credits: A Paypal in Training?

Posted on November 10, 2009. Filed under: Industry Themes | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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I’ve been reading curiously about the new beta Facebook Credits platform.  Most coverage tends to focus on the unique elements of allowing users to vote economically for better content.  Give a good content producer some credits, and perhaps that will incent them to produce more.  Think Digg with economic value.  I think [...]

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Facebook, Twitter, and the Convergence of Messaging

Posted on November 27, 2008. Filed under: Industry Themes | Tags: , , , , , , , |

Lots of chatter about Twitter being offered $500MM by Facebook.  Some think Twitter is crazy not to take it, while many others correctly point out that $500MM is not $500MM if it’s in stock.  While Facebook may hold out the Microsoft $15 billion valuation (an artificial auction given how strategically important the advertising deal was [...]

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