Social network overkill
I admit it, I may be too rabid about the social connectivity of the so-called Web 2.0 technology. For a person like me, it's important to read things like this article in Sunday's New York Times. A summary: social networking, engagement -- bloated and overused terms.
Score one for Richard Skilos; he's right about that.
Reading between the lines, he's saying Web 2.0 is hype. I have to believe he's wrong, but from time to time I need to consider he may be right.
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Hmmm. I'd say "it" is definitely the real deal, but parts of it are (and will be) lame, and there is bound to be hype about something that is still the real deal. The hype will fade, but the core power of participation will stay, I think.
Posted by: Jamie Notter | January 23, 2007 5:39 AM
I'm there with you, Jamie. I think that level of participation will become as expected as television shows. But I do believe in keeping grounded. Here's another article I just read that questions the value of online community, albeit in a pretty specific case.
Posted by: Scott Briscoe | January 23, 2007 12:24 PM
Hey there - not sure I see that interpretation between the lines myself. The author seems in general to get the trends and be realistic about it -- MySpace as a smart bargain, etc. He does say it's a wave but I noticed this quote:
"IT can be a tricky business when audiences evolve from being consumers to members.""
I suppose 2 dot oh could be hype in the end, but when these folks are building "communities of interest" and talking about their "members," I don't think we in associations can afford to err on the "maybe this will all blow over" side of the equation.
Posted by: Nick | January 24, 2007 8:47 PM