You're too Much my Kaneva Friends -- Keep in touch!

I'm touched by all of the Kaneva member messages I've received over the past couple of days. Please understand it's been hard to personally get back to everyone immediately seeing how I'm trying to stay focused on my job search. ;)

To anyone that I haven't connected with yet -- the links, pics, messages and well wishes are very much appreciated. Please continue to keep in touch! All of you long-time Kaneva members are very near and dear to my heart.

All my best to everyone "impacted" by the K-bomb that dropped Tuesday at noon!

Be well,
Angie Gibson


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Zero Barrier to Entry - No downloadable client, Easy access

The Virtual World Platform Wars - Zero Entry Barrier Required?

Current market statistics clearly show that complicated, downloadable 3D virtual worlds (like Second Life) are not attractive to the majority of potential US consumers online. In reality over 90% of virtual world users are in 2D browser-based services like Yoville, Gaia, Habbo and Club Penguin.

Will 3D Virtual Worlds Need to be Browser based to Hit a Tipping Point?

Browser-based platforms built with Flash and Java -- familiar technology to the mass market consumer and that provide easy access will no doubt be the first to succeed.

Browser based with Rich Media Features - Consumers Favorite Online Tools?

Zero Barrier of Entry means no downloadable client, easy registration and access, as well as open architecture to enable easy integration with popular third party services like YouTube, Flickr and Facebook -- and eventually third-party casual games.

Zero Barrier to Entry - no downloadable client, and easy access? Is this the only way 3D virtual worlds will go mainstream consumer?

Is Facebook Fizzling??? Search results this week indicate it's so

If the top 300 queries from the last 72 hours are any indication it would seem that what you don't see on the graph is the falling dots, that do so as rapidly as they ascended.

Facebook related search terms dropped from the usual #1, #2, #3 spot on the surge report to #190 this week.

The Facebook hype has hit its peak and is beginning a downward decent.

Trends. They fizzle. For shizzle.

In the end it all comes back to your core audience – your niche. If you stay true to them you’ll endure.

The riches will come from serving the niches.

Since Facebook started out as a site for pupils – college and school students – will their niche remain true to them? Where have all of the fickle twenty-somethings gone? Will the high-school alumni exiles from Classmates.com be Facebook's new niche? Is the next fad the 3D Internet?

A social entertainment world like 3D Kaneva?

Oh please oh please oh please oh please. (fingers crossed.) Oh please oh please oh please oh please.

Stay tuned.