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The New Wisdom of the Web
theodp writes "In a cover story, Newsweek takes a look at the new wave of start-ups cashing in on the next stage of the Internet by Putting The 'We' in Web. Sites built on user-generated content like YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, Digg and Facebook have all taken a page from Tom Sawyer's playbook, engaging the community to do their work, prompting Google CEO Eric Schmidt to suggest he finds MySpace more interesting than Microsoft."
I find watching paint dry more interesting than microsoft... what's you're point?
I agree though, user generated content means that users will be more likely to frequent the site.
Why is everyone so happy in Silicon Valley again? A new wave of start-ups are cashing in on the next stage of the Internet. And this time, it's all about ... you.
Where's the "we" in "you"? If it's going to be about "you", that means all the "me" baby boomers are finally getting out of the picture. Does that mean there's no "I" in "we"? I'm confused.
Slashdot agrees with you.
if I'm not mistaken, the internet was built by scientists hired by the DoD, not "the users", although admittedly, we the people have influenced much of what the internet is now.
I just clicked the "sign up" button on myspace.
The "Terms of Service" linked from the sign-up page links to a 404.
So I guess I can only agree to all of those terms.
There's no need to put the 'We' in Web. It already has.
Yeah! Isnt is obvious, just look at the gems we find at the very top of Slashdot stories : )
Im not here now... Im out KILLING pepperoni
Don't worry, most of the really good content on YouTube isn't actually copyrighted by the people who post it. :)
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." -- Hanlon's Razor
I thought stealing content wasn't theft? Boy, now I'm confused...
Any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
Are you saying that these new websites implement the Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite?
English is easier said than done.
Actually I think they have implemented an improved version. These sites don't have the infrastructure costs associated with maintaining the monkeys. The parents of the monkeys provide the support infrastructure. There is still the problem of how to detect when the million monkeys have produced something useful. Again, these sites have a solution, they let another million monkeys watch the results and comment on any results that show promise.
MySpace has thousands of pictures of scantily-clad 16-year old girls. Microsoft.com, not so much.
"Seven Deadly Sins? I thought it was a to-do list!"