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Just curious, what's the ultimate value here? I feel like I can already do that sort of collaborative editing through a number of existing services. And I can't see what being inside of Facebook adds to that experience, since editing documents together isn't something friends casually happen upon.

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The added value is that users don't have to subscribe to a new service. It's easily accessible, there is no real way for your friends to know about your writely, With our service they can see all the files on you profile page and be able to edit them if they have the permissions.This application is still most useful than 80% of the apps on facebook.

All of my friends already have Gmail accounts. If we're gonna make up percentages, I bet 80% of Facebook users do, too.

I have yet to see an original idea from any facebook app. They are all rehashing old ideas.

My app is pretty solid. It's not intended to replace over take Google apps but rather to target the people that do not use/know about Googles office products.

Google audience tends to be tech savvy, which is a direct contrast to facebooks members.

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