Comments on: Top Five Video Applications on Facebook

By: Lidiane Peterson

Lidiane Peterson — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:42:49 +0000

i just looked at all of these.. i think mesmo.tv must have changed since this was reviewed.. it is my favorite. although, i do find the name kind of strange.. what were they thinking.. isn’t mesmerize spelled with an ‘e’?

http://apps.facebook.com/mesmotv/

By: Daniel Graf

Daniel Graf — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:50:44 +0000

Craig, you also might want to look at the kyte facebook app (http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2428876514 ). Via kyte you can share videos, webcam shows, mobile videos straight from the mobile, etc.

Here’s a good overview: http://facereviews.com/2007/06/15/kyte-on-facebook-multi-media-channel-for-your-facebook-profile/

Best,
Daniel

By: Scott Milener

Scott Milener — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:11:15 +0000

Craig, thanks for the review! Magnify is the only one here that offers 'persistent search'. Users enter keywords such as 'surfing' and Magnify brings back videos daily from the web automatically on that topic, allowing self-growth of your Magnify channel on Facebook. This saves time from having to search yourself. It also lets you build a complete branded video site, not just a playlist as most of these others.

One thing I think you hit on well is that there are so many apps its hard for users to know which one to use and when Facebook itself competes, may be harder to get user mind share for a 3rd party app.

By: Davin Miyoshi

Davin Miyoshi — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:18:41 +0000

Craig, thank you for including us in your top 5. I just wanted to clarify that we do include a user’s favorite videos on their profile and allow visitors to play the videos directly on the profile page. The favorite TV shows that we place on the profile is just a picture that links to the TV show page but when you click it you can add it to your profile and see all of your friends that also watch the show. Although the app was just included in the directory today, we will be releasing a new version with enhanced features early next week.

By: Craig Rubens

Craig Rubens — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:15:55 +0000

And for the film geeks out there, check out my cinematic re-imaginings:
http://crankcast.blogspot.com/2007/07/widgets-are-future-check-out-my-review.html

“Widgets.” Enough said.

By: Tim Street

Tim Street — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:54:09 +0000

Thank you once again Mr. Jackson for doing my homework for me. You Rock!

By: Frank Sinton

Frank Sinton — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:22:57 +0000

Is there anyone NOT working on a Facebook app?

A lot of Facebook video users probably just go to YouTube for their video. It is a similar demographic.

By: David Spark

David Spark — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:13:03 +0000

I must say I am a fan of the video tool within Facebook. The ability to just click make a video instead of just typing an email is very simple and on the other end very memorable and powerful. Question is will that still stay the case? Will people start seeing video mail as just as mundane as regular email?

Also, with regards to Magnify.net, I think it's a pretty darn cool tool because it's got interest level community built into the video tool. I wrote about them before.

Plus, as a side note I just wrote up an analysis as to why I think Facebook is doing so damn well.