{"id":429,"date":"2007-10-08T16:43:09","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T21:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinreams.com\/2007\/10\/08\/takeaways-from-community-next\/"},"modified":"2007-10-08T16:43:09","modified_gmt":"2007-10-08T21:43:09","slug":"takeaways-from-community-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/?p=429","title":{"rendered":"Takeaways from Community Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend was the third iteration of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communitynext.com\/\">Community Next<\/a> and it was focused on developing for platforms (in other words: how to make money off of Facebook). I&#8217;ve been tossing around some ideas myself and only needed to listen to one or two panels to determine following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The &#8220;bubble&#8221; has decentralized.<\/strong> Instead of one big commotion over something called &#8220;the internet&#8221; we&#8217;ve created dozens, if not hundreds, of mini-bubbles that all involved parties convince each other is the most important thing right now.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mini-bubbles can make mega-money.<\/strong> Each new concept (Facebook platform, website widgets) only grows the pool even furthur which means more talent, more money, more excitement, repeat.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Most people don&#8217;t &#8220;get&#8221; Facebook.<\/strong> Social networks are the first websites that both nerds and normals can use together and overlap. Nerds build the applications, though. In other words, millions of college kids (normals) put &#8220;who reads?&#8221; as their favorite book whilst nerds create applications to list your favorite book, current reads, and your personal review of them all.<\/li>\n<li><strong>There is no formula to success.<\/strong> Just because your application or idea is viral doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;ll attract millions of users. Just because it&#8217;s rich in features doesn&#8217;t mean people will use it any more frequent. You can&#8217;t look at success with such a checklist approach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Switching costs are lower.<\/strong> Thanks to thousands of app developers if I think your Office Quotes application sucks it only takes three clicks to get a replacement. We&#8217;re picky, we&#8217;ve made the big decisions (Facebook v MySpace) but the rest are so easy. Do it right.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Noah sure knows how to make money.<\/strong> It&#8217;s wise to build a conference and a reputation of bringing smart people together. Being able to repeat it every 3 months with a new idea (thus, group) is perfect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\tI don&#8217;t know if anyone agrees or disagrees with me so I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts. In fact, I&#8217;d love to hear what <a href=\"http:\/\/okdork.com\/\">Noah Kagan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcdave.com\/\">Dave Feinleib<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.500hats.com\/\">Dave McClure<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewchen.typepad.com\/\">Andrew Chen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facereviews.com\/\">Rodney Rumford<\/a> and anyone else at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communitynext.com\/\">CommunityNext<\/a> think\/thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend was the third iteration of Community Next and it was focused on developing for platforms (in other words: how to make money off of Facebook). I&#8217;ve been tossing around some ideas myself and only needed to listen to one or two panels to determine following: The &#8220;bubble&#8221; has decentralized. 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