Top 10 Reasons Why BFA Has Facebook & Twitter Shaking In Their Boots.
We don’t like to brag. It’s not very FA. But we do like to inspire. And sometimes what it takes to inspire is to do a bit of the ol’ rah rah. So here we are. Five weeks in or so. Halloween day (happy to ya). And it occurs to us that Facebook and Twitter should be afraid. Very afraid. Here’s 10 reasons why.
1. We’re a lot smaller than Facebook and Twitter. People love small things. Just look at those little chihuahua dogs. They’re small as hell. And people LOVE those things.
2. Here’s a FApost from yesterday. Show me one post on Facebook or Twitter that beats it: (From FArdubsy – “Put extra money in the meter outside of Starbucks this morning. Figured it’d help one of my fellow latte seekers out.” (She’s currently sitting at an FAvalue of 87 for that by the way.)
3. Point 2 brings up point 3 (this point, in case you lost count already). Our community can give values to posts. Actual numbers. Not just “like” or “comment.” And those contribute to an Awesome Quotient score. And guess what? We have comments TOO. In your FACES!
4. Our posts aren’t just posts. They’re good DEEDS. Let’s see… Spend your time to tell the world you are watching a show on HBO or eating a popsicle? Or expend valuable typing energy telling the world that you just volunteered at the SPCA and thereby inspire others to do their best for fellow humans too? Hmmmm, tough one. Oh hey Facebook, looks like you just peed your pants. Would you like a nice absorbent towel? Here, let us get you one.
5. Our site is WAY more colorful. Color is neat.
6. Our site has a fun little flash animation in the corner. Fun little flash animations are fun.
7. We let our users automatically link their posts to both of your sites. Rendering your sites completely useless. We know that doesn’t make much sense. But we like the sound of it. And the point is, Biz Stone and Evan Williams are totally FREAKING OUT WITH FEAR AT THIS. That’s right, Biz, #7 has YOUR number! Boo! Yah! (Get it? Boo-yah?)
8. We were on #designchat on last Wednesday night. I haven’t ever seen the founder of Facebook on Design Chat. Have YOU? No. Proof ALONE that they’re scared. Twitter hasn’t been on their either. Yet WE were featured on the hottest design chat going. Via FAhupajoob and mashable.com/chat. You guys must be just full-on JELL-O inside right now. The fear is just killing you.
9. Speaking of Mashable, Pete Cashmore himself tweeted his 7 trillion users that BFA was being featured on Design Chat. Has Mashable EVER tweeted or covered EITHER Facebook or Twitter? We think you know the answer to that. You guys are going DOWN!
10. We have something like 1,400 members. Facebook and Twitter have hundreds of millions more. Ever hear of a little concept called Quality over Quantity? Yeah, we thought so. It’s probably on wikipedia if you haven’t.
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By FAnoah, November 1, 2009 @ 11:25 am
Best posting to date, my friend. Spectacular. Boulder, Colorado is the new silicon valley.