We’re all connected to the internet, but more of us are connected to Facebook than any other THING out there. 400 million people are ‘on Facebook. Compare to Twitter’s 100 million. The question is whether there is a way to access all of those users outside the walled garden that IS Facebook. It seems that we have an answer, or at least a proposed answer –
Make the rest of the web look like Facebook.
You are going to see that “f” EVRYWHERE, sans serif! Countless third-parties are going to jump at the opportunity to get plugged into your Facebook status, and friends, and photos, and the other companies you become a ‘fan’ of on Facebook. The goal of this initiative is nothing less than an attempt to take over the World Wide Web.
Think of the web as limitless connections between different users. What ff Facebook owned the the strands that make up the web?
Music angle on this:
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/pandora-and-facebook-so-happy-together/
I saw this article earlier today, and, as it dawned on me that this was sort of a big deal, I wanted to take Open Graph for a test drive. Pandora is one of the first adopters, and I know a lot of friends and family use the music streaming service.
The interface with Facebook is actually quite slick and seamless. If this is a glimpse of the web to come, watch out! It’s all to easy to start using the fun social aspects of Facebook (symbolized by the “Like” button) while you’re still at Pandora. Facebook(.com) quietly moves into the background, while FaceBook(!) becomes the default setting for all social interaction everywhere on the web.
The enormity of this gambit fascinates.
In other news, I have nothing nice to say about ‘Pandora’. The popular music streaming service and I will, for now, simply have to agree to disagree.