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Feature Requests & Developer Support Forums
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010While somewhat hidden, we do have a “Feature Request” page that is actively managed and read by members of our team.
Many of the feature requests are curated from your feedback and posted on this list by our head of operations and support rockstar Jimmy Fan (if you’ve ever filed a bug or request, he was the one that was responsible for tracking the right person and/or solution down for you!)
So if you have any burning ideas for us come to our feature request support page.
Also, in case you hadn’t noticed, and it is quite likely since it is also rather (unintentionally) hidden right now, we have a customer support forum page which we are always staying on top of as well to get your feedback to improve our products!
Why are International Facebook Devs Rockin’ It
Thursday, December 11th, 20083 out of the 5 FBFund Finalists are Canadian. That got me thinking.
Coincidence? Perhaps. Not reflective of the entire development community? That I’m not so sure. I noticed a strikingly large number of pretty successful non-US/Silicon Valley developers, and have a couple of theories on why we have so many (and arguably, a disproportionate) Canadian and Non-US developers on Facebook:
1) No/Low Capital Required: traditionally, Canadian (non-US/Silicon Valley) b2c startups/developers lacked the resources/venture capital (seed funding esp.) to launch competitive B2C offerings — Facebook Apps take VERY little resources to get off the ground, and their success if usually a function of creativity
2) Low Distribution Costs/Viral Distribution Required: again, traditionally, its been more difficult for Canadian (and non-US/Silicon Valley) ventures to secure high profile distribution partnerships to “get the word out” — the great thing about Facebook apps is that some of the most successful apps are often launched with small to no artificial viral seeding costs. In other words, success comes from optimizing their viral loops in their apps to secure distribution. Heck, they might even be using some pretty cool viral analytics to optimize their K-factor (aka: pass-along rate/viral co-efficient/pick-your-buzzword). Yeah… that was a pretty blantant plug, but come’on, you saw that coming.
And of course, huge congrats to our fellow Canadian FBFund Winners WedSnap and Mousehunt!
(Sidenote: Technically, we’re a US HQ’d startup, but both founders are Canadian and we have a Canaidan presence… so that makes us at least half Canadian, Go Canada! 