Classmates Vs. Facebook – Classmates Fails

Classmates.com sent me a survey request so that I can let them know what I’m thinking.

I don’t have time to take a 20 minute survey with no compensation, so I’ll just put my thoughts here:

1. Facebook.com seems to do everything Classmates.com does — and more.

2. Facebook.com is free.

Classmates.com built a business around charging absurdly high prices for people to access information (and they ALSO loaded up their website with ads to the point of it being annoying and often unusable). Facebook built a business around keeping the access free (and their ads are much less obtrusive).

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