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Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web - NYTimes.com

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Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web - NYTimes.com

Description: With Facebook Connect, users can log onto a variety of sites and see their friends’ activities there.

Original URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/technology/internet/01facebook.html?ref=business

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/technology/internet/01facebook.html?ref=business

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- Martin Roell
  
  7 months ago
  
  “Everyone is looking for ways to make their Web sites more social,” said Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer. “They can build their own social capabilities, but what will be more useful for them is building on top of a social system that people are already wedded to.”
  
  Interesting.
  
  (I wonder how far it scales: Is my social system on Facebook really the social system I would want to use on Site A, Site B and Site C? (Maybe yes. But maybe not.))
  
  <blockquote>“Everyone is looking for ways to make their Web sites more social,” said Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer. “They can build their own social capabilities, but what will be more useful for them is building on top of a social system that people are already wedded to.”</blockquote><br /><br />Interesting.<br /><br />(I wonder how far it scales: Is my social system on Facebook really the social system I would want to use on Site A, Site B and Site C? (Maybe yes. But maybe not.))
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