1M installs for class Facebook apps - Is it repeatable in Singapore?

I read this post with great interest. Justin Smith interviews the teams that made it past 1M installs with their apps.

One thing I’ve just learnt is the term “viral tuning”. I wonder where that came from?

But my point is to debate twhether this is repeatable at the upcoming Facebook Apps class at NUS.

I’m not too sure really. Because at Stanford, the user base is much more established. People use it more often and more passionately. Also the interconnectivity or meshing is much stronger. Stanford’s campus culture is such that people mix around a lot through various interactions, definitely much deeper than at NUS. NUS is very cliquish whereas Stanford has the open Californian culture.

So my gut feel is that Apps developed here might find it hard to grow out of this small pond. The network linkages to a large hinterland population is just not there for virality to seriously take off. Not unless someone in the class already has more friends abroad. We’ll see!

Nevertheless, all the best! Better to have developed something than nothing!

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