DISQUS

DISQUS Hello! Webomatica is using DISQUS, a powerful comment system, to manage its comments. Learn more.

Community Page

Webomatica

Entertainment and Tech Digest
Jump to original thread »
Author

USAToday: Anti-Social Readers?

Started by webomatica · 10 months ago

After reading many negative comments left by users on the USAToday site complaining about the site redesign, I thought it might be good to take a step back from the bleeding edge of Web 2.0. While I still give a thumbs up to USAToday for taking the leap, it's worth asking if these new, socia ... Continue reading »

2 comments

  • Bryce

    2 years ago

    This seems like a common trend. The people who make sites forget they aren't typical users of the sites they make. Web 2.0 is great for those on the bleeding edge (such as teenagers with too much time on their hands, as evidenced by Digg and Slashdot), but does your mom get it? Probably not. Web 2.0 is still in beta (or gamma, perhaps) and probably isn't ready for a site like USA Today.
    reply
  • webomatica

    2 years ago

    True, Bryce. I was thinking maybe part of the success of MySpace and FaceBook is what you mention - the target users are people with lots of free time and energy. Even me, someone who is into the technology only has time for maybe 2 or 3 of these social sites - in addition to this hapless blog of course!
    reply

Add New Comment

Returning? Login