Slide Losing Facebook Slideshow Battle To Newcomer Animoto
Slide, Inc. is arguably the most successful company in the Facebook microeconomy: It owns two of the top three Facebook apps, including no. 1 FunWall, which boasts about 3 million users. For what it's worth, it also has the backing of Fidelty and T.... 7 months ago
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That's the issue with these Facebook app builders. The majority of the applications are a novelty and easily reproduced. I've used a dozen different wall applications.
This is good news, as I have yet to see a good use for the so called "Funwall" other than being a honeypot for spam chain letters and old and repeated video stupidity. Although I must admit I have seen a few slide presentations that have been informative and well done, but they seem to be few and far between. I only mention my distaste for the funwall application because it has marred my outlook on Slide. Animoto seem to have a vision other than stupidity and viral messaging. Let's hope the right people implement it, and they do it well.