[Web4lib] The end of MySpace, SecondLife, and Twitter
Gerry Mckiernan
gerrymck at iastate.edu
Wed Jun 20 15:52:53 EDT 2007
Leo/
Yep ...
Hope All Is Well!
/Gerry
>>> Leo Robert Klein <leo at leoklein.com> 6/20/2007 2:33 PM >>>
David Rothman wrote:
> The author of the article may be right that these particular brands may not
> survive. So what?
>
> 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?
>
Ditto on David. It's just the nature of technology that things come and
go. That doesn't mean we shouldn't embrace them -- when our users have
done so.
If it's good enough for them, it ought to be good enough for us.
They're worth chasing after.
LEO
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