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Another Step Back From Web 2.0

Started by webomatica · 10 months ago

In a previous post regarding the USAToday redesign I wondered whether the vast majority of the mainstream had any interest in getting social on the web.

Here's some more fodder for that argument in this InformationWeek survey regarding people's interest in the social aspects of Web 2. ... Continue reading »

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  • Marc Andreessen

    2 years ago

    Hi -- I think you bring up some good points -- I think the biggest thing is simply that there are now SO many people on the net (1.2 billion, last count) that there can be many, many social networks and social experiences with hundreds -- thousands -- millions -- or even tens of millions of users. So I'm not sure there's actually a practical limit from where we sit today when social software and social networking is still so new. Even MySpace has less than 15% of the total Internet user base, and that's with a generous interpretation of their user count.

    Fun times :-).
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  • webomatica

    2 years ago

    Hi Marc from Ning, I did poke around the site a while back; nice work. I still have to finish making my "Ning thing"...

    I think what you point out is true, that perhaps the social networking space doesn't need to be so clearly "winner take all" as it was last time around, due to the sheer numbers of people on - and have yet to get on - the net. Plenty of companies can take a piece of the pie and still make it work. Maybe my brain just isn't used to such numbers.

    But I still think it will take some innovation beyond just being a "digg clone" as your company and the others listed above are working on.
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