[Web4lib] The end of MySpace, SecondLife, and Twitter

[Casey Bisson]

Oh the irony: I just posted about the necessary traits for web  
applications that seem to be emerging. I'm biased, but "social" was  
definitely among them.

http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11844/

Still, I wish I could find the quote that social software isn't  
something people use, it's a feature that makes an application more  
useful.

--Casey


On Jun 20, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Tim Spalding wrote:

> "I was talking recently to a startup founder about whether it might be
> good to add a social component to their software. He said he didn't
> think so, because the whole social thing was tapped out. Really? So in
> a hundred years the only social networking sites will be the Facebook,
> MySpace, Flickr, and Del.icio.us? Not likely.
>
>
> On 6/20/07, David Rothman <david.rothman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The point he's missing is that the kinds of services and
>> functionalities they offer (and their descendent services/ 
>> functionalities
>> that will come) aren't going anywhere.
>>
>> For Pete's sake, all endeavors are doomed eventually.  That's no  
>> reason not
>> to start them or enjoy using them while they're around and
>> useful/fun/interesting.  How else is progress made?
>>
>> -David
>>
>> On 6/20/07, Dan Lester <dan at riverofdata.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2145408,00.asp
>> >
>>