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The New Wisdom of the Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

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."

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  1. Re:User generated content = quality? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Your sat on a site with user generated content and asking yourself if its worth it?

    Of course its worth it - Spending time in a community of like minded people is always worth it.

    You have made 38 comments here (relative newbie), theres people with thousands of postings and reading loads of stories (myself included) and spending time here because this feels better than sitting bored watching tv - its interactive.

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  2. It's only usability... by _eb0la_reston_ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I see no *revolution* on YouTube, Flickr, blogging, etc.. You could post, and share photos and/or videos on the Internet back in 1994.

    IMHO - The "difference" between now and 1994 are just Demographics and Usability:
    * Nowadays, we have much more people online than in 1994, 1998, or 2001.
    * Back in 1994 you had to be a computer whiz to post photos/videos, etc... most "business" built then assumed their users had some kind of "computer skills" normal people usually lack of.

    *IF* you lower your product entry barrier (making it easy to use), WHILE there's more and more audience available, you're business will likely succeed ;-)

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  3. Re:Could just be a fad by rinkjustice · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Remember when Internet dating was cool? Now it's a bottom-feeder thing.

    You might have that mixed up. 5 + years ago, internet dating was totally uncool, now it's a fast growing multi-billion dollar industry and a logical avenue for meeting people (because lo and behold, it works) , and thusly socially acceptable.

    Internet dating has never and will never be cool however, just like find a job or doing your income taxes has and will never be "cool". It's a facet of mortal existance, just done in a different way.

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