once you get some traction (and that's a big IF), you can do things like showing the most popular events in your city
I think it might work better the other way around. You might need to show events outside my friends' knowledge to get any traction, because if my friends are already going to those events then I probably already know about them.
I agree that Facebook won't put as much effort into one feature as you could, but the fact is that people's time is limited and they are all on Facebook. So, you need to use FB to get traction. As a simple example, I don't even see a Like button on Fiestastic or Crowdspottr!! The first rule of social is sharing.
Good point. There was a Like button on the previous design of Fiestastic, but I ended up getting rid of it. I also have other ideas to make Fiestastic more viral / shareable and to make users come back to the site, but first I want to focus on making the core experience as great as possible. "Too many things and too little time" :)
I think it might work better the other way around. You might need to show events outside my friends' knowledge to get any traction, because if my friends are already going to those events then I probably already know about them.
I agree that Facebook won't put as much effort into one feature as you could, but the fact is that people's time is limited and they are all on Facebook. So, you need to use FB to get traction. As a simple example, I don't even see a Like button on Fiestastic or Crowdspottr!! The first rule of social is sharing.