Comments on: How the Web Has Democratized Businesses http://www.techsoomer.com/2009/03/web-democratized-businesses/ at the intersection of business and technology Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:25:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Value of a User and the Ongoing Battle for Eyeballs | The Techsoomer Weblog http://www.techsoomer.com/2009/03/web-democratized-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-79 The Value of a User and the Ongoing Battle for Eyeballs | The Techsoomer Weblog Mon, 18 May 2009 20:57:30 +0000 http://www.techsoomer.com/?p=299#comment-79 [...] the fundamental ingredient for success.  To a large degree, this brand new internet ecosystem has democratized businesses, giving the consumer one powerful and influential [...] [...] the fundamental ingredient for success.  To a large degree, this brand new internet ecosystem has democratized businesses, giving the consumer one powerful and influential [...]

]]> By: Zach Heller http://www.techsoomer.com/2009/03/web-democratized-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Zach Heller Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:51:16 +0000 http://www.techsoomer.com/?p=299#comment-51 Seems like Facebook has gotten themselves into a number of situations just like this one. The two other "debacles" that I can remember were the News Feed and the recent Redesign of the profile pages. In most cases, there are a few loudmouthed users who don't like it, they attract attention, stories spread, and Facebook apologizes. But in the end, people just get used to the way it is because Facebook is so big and powerful that we "need it".<br><br>I like how this time was slightly different. They are actually listening, and changing something. We will see where this goes. Seems like Facebook has gotten themselves into a number of situations just like this one. The two other “debacles” that I can remember were the News Feed and the recent Redesign of the profile pages. In most cases, there are a few loudmouthed users who don't like it, they attract attention, stories spread, and Facebook apologizes. But in the end, people just get used to the way it is because Facebook is so big and powerful that we “need it”.

I like how this time was slightly different. They are actually listening, and changing something. We will see where this goes.

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