Comments on: Browse your collection http://www.aiya101.com/browse-your-collection/ Learning to Fly Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:07:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: aiya http://www.aiya101.com/browse-your-collection/#comment-13 aiya Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:18:14 +0000 http://www.aiya101.com/?p=31#comment-13 If no one is using a product, then no one will build customizations for it. Why waste the time? I think a product needs to meet a need that isn't yet being met for it to thrive (as opposed to just creating a different version of an already-existing product). Facebook met privacy needs that MySpace did not. I think it kept itself in the market by letting people customize it. If no one is using a product, then no one will build customizations for it. Why waste the time?

I think a product needs to meet a need that isn’t yet being met for it to thrive (as opposed to just creating a different version of an already-existing product). Facebook met privacy needs that MySpace did not. I think it kept itself in the market by letting people customize it.

]]> By: Tim Wright http://www.aiya101.com/browse-your-collection/#comment-12 Tim Wright Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:00:16 +0000 http://www.aiya101.com/?p=31#comment-12 Do you think it's the ability to make customizations (like a Myspace page or Firefox browser extensions) that makes a product thrive and create buy-in? Or is it more popularity-base (like Facebook becoming popular and THEN adding in the ability to customize)? Do you think it’s the ability to make customizations (like a Myspace page or Firefox browser extensions) that makes a product thrive and create buy-in? Or is it more popularity-base (like Facebook becoming popular and THEN adding in the ability to customize)?

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