Inching closer to being totally open… In the fall, we made the decision to transition our initial launch to the Facebook platform. The primary driver for this move was the attractiveness of quickly and cheaply acquiring users. We’re introducing a new way of creating software so any help we can get in recruiting is a plus. We also felt that our vision lines up perfectly with the Facebook audience as they look for new ways to express themselves online and with their friends.

We immediately ported our alpha release to the Facebook platform and began leveraging the viral channels available to spread user activity within Sharendipity. At the same time, we continued to introduce new creation tools, improve stability, and fold user feedback into the client. The next step was to loosen the grip a bit to encourage more adoption of our platform, and provide a real audience for our content creators.

In that spirit… we’ve made some changes to our accessibility on Facebook. As of a few weeks ago, anyone can install Sharendipity and run the applications created by our users (although we’ve still limited access to the creation tools for the time being).

Hopefully this will provide a little more incentive to our early adopters to create new content. We also wanted to start spreading the word on our platform. So if you haven’t done so already, please install Sharendipity and play some of the applications created thus far. There is a mixture of games and slide shows that integrate your Facebook friends. More applications are being added all the time…

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