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Social Computing and Badger's Paws
An anonymous reader writes "When Yahoo!'s Jeremy Zawodny recently asked What the heck is Web 2.0 anyway? he received a set of responses reminiscent of those garnered by The Register back in 2005, which famously concluded, based on its readers' responses, that Web 2.0 was made up of 12% badger's paws, 6% JavaScript worms, and 26% nothing. Nonetheless, as Social Computing (SoC) widens and deepens its footprint, another Jeremy — Jeremy Geelan — has asked if we are witnessing the death of 'Personal' Computing. SoC, Geelan notes, has already become an academic field of study. But perhaps Social Computing too is just badger's paws?"
We may be "Isle of Slash"...
Tempest - Teapot.
A bunch of sell indulgent self-observers attributing great significance to their own blather. Not entirely unlike SlashDot and this very post.
The story is so self absorbed is leaves you wanting to quote the Geico Cave man: uh, WHAT!??!
Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
Don't fall for it. IT NEVER ENDS!!! ARGH!
(Stupid lameness filter. I'm *trying* to yell. Piss off!)