Just tested my market traction…on Facebook
Yesterday, while browsing Facebook, I decided to test my market traction: I turned my availability details from “in a a relationship” to “single”. Just to check. I was far from imagining that it would put me back in the poker game so quickly.
Today, although I hardly checked my personal emails and mobile voice mail, I received no less than:
- 9 friends left me voice messages
- 1 actually reached me at lunch time
- 2 left me text messages
- 2 friends of my girlfriend tried to reach me but left no message
- my sister sent me a text message and called me to see what was going on
- 3 of my girlfriend’s friends sent me private messages on Facebook (2 had actually guessed I was kidding)
- 1 friend sent me a wall message on Facebook
- at least 15 people tried to reach me via instant messengers (MSN & Skype)
- 7 emails or private Facebook messages from girls I had met maybe once and had hardly spoken to since then or haven’t spoken to in years – that’s my favorite bit. That’s very reassuring: thank you, I just don’t deserve it. I understanding why dating websites cash in so much money: the dating market is hot! Women are like vultures (actually, Paris is piece of cake compared to Tel Aviv or New York).
Now that I think about it, I wish I had planned this all with telco service providers. Getting a commission would have definitely helped me being able to afford these Paris Opera tickets I’m dying to buy for my girlfriend & I for the next time she is in Paris.
When all’s said and done and to get back to the core business of Tech IT Easy rather than personal considerations, Facebook looks to me as an impressive self mass media. By the way, can you think of a way for startups other than human beings to test their market traction in such an easy way?
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What I find more worrying is that you are listed as “Female”…Is that also to gain traction or have I missed smthg?
Anyways, I was planning to add you as a friend on Facebook today, but I don’t want to be considered as your 8th fan!
Jeremy, find another excuse for your girlfriend next time, and just admit that you wanted to cheat on her .
Fidji> You’ve missed something. And nope, you would be #11 now.
Steve> You got it. But it didn’t work.