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Narcissism: Apex of Web 2.0?

Started by webomatica · 10 months ago

Are we at a high point of Web 2.0 before a leveling off - or worse? While many technology innovations of the past centered around increasing our business productivity, a lot of Web 2.0 seems dedicated toward social activities and entertainment - and particularly ego-stroking ones at that: ... Continue reading »

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  • James

    2 years ago

    I really like BlogOMatic. You could probably (for a higher fee) have a version that will crank out novels. Charge extra for bestsellers.
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  • engtech

    2 years ago

    I'm pretty sure the woman in that picture is looking at a photo of herself she just took with her cellphone.

    re: BlogOMatic

    Blog Herald: The Future Of Blogging: Computer Generated Or Human Generated Blogs
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  • webomatica

    2 years ago

    James: "freemium" - cool. emails and blogs free but the more use, progressively more expensive. But my mind shudders to think what a splogger would do with such a service.

    Eng - yeah I think so too. Rather doubtful she's reading a blog.
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  • spinchange

    2 years ago

    YouFeed - I love it! (or should it be MyFeed)

    lol - (quietly working on it)
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  • webomatica

    2 years ago

    Hey spinchange... just make sure the logo has a mirror in it :)
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  • Montoya

    2 years ago

    It's simple... narcissistic web services make money. That's why web 2.0 is tending towards this trend. It would be nice if more developers were focusing on *useful* apps, but until there is a decent market demand for them, it won't happen.
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  • Zigire

    2 years ago

    Nice post, especially like 'questionmark.com' haha

    My latest project is based upon users who want to show off how many gigs they've been to (to a degree). Some will use it for that reason while others will use it as a handy space to log the gigs they've been to - in a nice format ;)

    One man's useful is another man's waste of time.
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