DISQUS

John · 2 years ago

You might want to take a reality check on this supposed Jobster/Facebook “partnership.”

Who is calling it a partnership? Jobster. To my knowledge, Facebook has issued no press release on this supposed “partnership” (http://www.facebook.com/press.php). Facebook seems to be very happy doing what they’re doing, thank you. Jobster is just a flea on a big dog.

Here’s all it is:

Facebook has an API that anyone can use FOR FREE. Once you’ve written your app, it appears on their list (http://developers.facebook.com/products.php?&am...). It doesn’t even look to me as though Facebook polices the apps very much; I would hope they know a lot about Jobster, but who knows? You can also define yourself as a Facebook group. It’s not like you’re a first-class module in Facebook; you’re just another service plugged into it. To get a feel for which of these plugins interest Facebook, the one they are calling their “Featured Product” is MoochSpot, which is for tracking expenses.

Good luck to Jobster. Maybe someday they’ll be the featured product.

It is bizarre to me that investment professionals would accept Jobster BS (oops, I mean, PR) at face value. A partnership is a two-way street. To be sure, perhaps Facebook will be gratified by the bazillions of hits that come their way from Jobster (possible? Doubtful). Or maybe there will be a universal shout from the kids that the Jobster CareerCenter is a great feature. But right now, the 2nd most popular app (after one written by Facebook) is “Your Hottest Friend,” which should give you an idea of what the student mind values (http://developers.facebook.com/products.php?&am...).

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