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July 29, 2007 at 1:22 pm
heri
i think the reaction you have or jason is because bloggers easily create overly high expectations. read techcrunch and you feel that each web application they review is going to change the world. other bloggers who want attention, links write how web2.0 is going to redefine every relationship we have, that people who don’t use facebook, twitter, digg are missing the train. a lot of bloggers want to be seen as smarter and ahead of the pack, so they create controversy or they tell how a website is going to revolutionize the worse.
i questionned myself about reddit this week. I used to go to digg, but i concluded it was a web2.0 tabloid but i think now it’s the same for reddit. It has the same false, catchy, misleading titles as digg. as if every link had the answer to the world’s needs. users who are objective are seen as boring, and are unheard of. i think it’s one of internet’s problems. those who shout the most get heard, regardless of what they say.
July 30, 2007 at 3:11 am
matbalez
>> read techcrunch and you feel that each web application they review is going to change the world.
that’s a good point heri. i think PR and spin has gripped the Web 2.0 craze and has contributed to making it ultimately underwhelming.
>> i think it’s one of internet’s problems. those who shout the most get heard, regardless of what they say.
true enough – though this seems to mirror the real world. but i think, with technology, we should be able to do better! better content discovery tools would help. we need to build a better techmeme. one with lest incest.
August 7, 2007 at 1:27 pm
hugh
yeah calcanis is also the guy who wanted to get 5,000 twitter friends (adding me for instance). lots of people will burn out of lots of things, especially if they don’t take care about how they use them. These apps are not built to be useful on that kind of scale.if you want to read 5000 x 3/day twitter updates damn right you’ll get burnt out.