Cognited » virb http://www.cognited.com Fuel for the mind, sparked by curiosity. Mon, 24 May 2010 06:23:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Dear Armchair Product Managers, Facebook Ain’t Easy http://www.cognited.com/2009/04/26/dear-armchair-product-managers-facebook-aint-easy/ http://www.cognited.com/2009/04/26/dear-armchair-product-managers-facebook-aint-easy/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:55:17 +0000 Warren http://www.cognited.com/?p=156 As a product guy, I do feel the need to stand up for Facebook. They take a lot of bashing from the media for their UI. I myself am guilty for bashing Facebook’s UI/UX, but they have a long laundry list of requirements. Not to mention their user profiles are quite diverse. They have user feedback pulling them in a million different directions, and then there is the other 98% of users that don’t explicitly say anything. Their actions must be measured, translated, and digested for their product team to act. So next time you think about saying “Man Facebook’s UI sucks,” think again. A 200 million user base didn’t show up due to lack of options.

Despite Facebook’s dominance there is room for innovation in the social network space. Facebook is winning the game, but it has not won it. They aren’t happily sitting back with their lead in the space. Their product serves a need, but it is far from perfect and they are well aware of it. Social networking is still in its infancy stages despite its adoption rate.

In regards to competition, I do like Virb’s look and feel, but it does leave me wanting feature wise. I’ll save my thoughts on Virb for another post.

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