1. Facebook Vietnamese translation is quite good. Facebook’s translation team (mostly well-educated, English-fluent and enthusiastic users) has done a terrific job.
2. I am less excited, if any at all, to see a competition between Facebook Vietnamese and made-in-Vietnam made-by-Vietnamese Social Networks when Facebook official launches its Vietnamese page…
3. The hesitation to vote for Facebook is: traditionally thinking, a social network site for Vietnamese should satisfy some requirements:
- Blog as center
- Media (mostly music) sharing
- Customizable profile for younger users
- Not so overwhelmingly rich with features
Facebook’s focus is the opposite of all these 3 points. “Notes” is powerful enough to be a blog, but I have the impression that the application is not fully utilized by the users. At least one application allows profile customization, but Facebook core doesn’t encourage this. And since Facebook is an open-platform, the amount of application may be too much for first-time users.
4. Nevertheless, Facebook has all the potentials to solve one big problem for Vietnamese community: where to migrate to from Yahoo! 360.
5. Going vertical might help for Vietnamese Social Networks.
