Can Useful Apps Succeed on Facebook?
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Yesterday Om Malik discussed a conversation he had with Sarik Weber who’s company had developed a free SMS application on Facebook. Om as well as Sarik were surprised with the relatively low success of the application. Additionally, Om noted that the top SMS application on Facebook were only receiving around 500 active daily users. A quick glance at VOIP applications on the site yields similar results.
For Om, the lack of growth in these applications caused him to question the “viability of Facebook as a communications hub.”
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