Comments on: The danger of Social Media falling in on itself http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/ aka Steve Hodson - a cranky old fart wandering the internet causing mayhem as he goes Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:27:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: SEO 2.0 | Twitter Dilemma: To Tweet or Not to Tweet? Pros, Cons, 50+ Links & Tools http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-58534 SEO 2.0 | Twitter Dilemma: To Tweet or Not to Tweet? Pros, Cons, 50+ Links & Tools Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:34:03 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-58534 [...] WinExtra » The danger of Social Media falling in on itself [...] [...] WinExtra » The danger of Social Media falling in on itself [...]

]]> By: How Was Your Read And Comment Day? « Unique-Frequency http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-58452 How Was Your Read And Comment Day? « Unique-Frequency Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:17:50 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-58452 [...] Finally, Steven Hodson’s post on the danger of social media falling in on itself. [...] [...] Finally, Steven Hodson’s post on the danger of social media falling in on itself. [...]

]]> By: colinwalker http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-72911 colinwalker Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:14:38 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-72911 Absolutely agree, sites like FF would make it much easier to switch between services without disruption. People do switch but once established on one site tend to stay where they are due to the disruption you mention.<br><br>That's a great angle on this. Absolutely agree, sites like FF would make it much easier to switch between services without disruption. People do switch but once established on one site tend to stay where they are due to the disruption you mention.

That's a great angle on this.

]]> By: ontarioemperor http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-72910 ontarioemperor Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:54:41 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-72910 FriendFeed doesn't kill off individual applications; the applications kill themselves off by not working and not innovating. <br><br>If Google Reader didn't have speed problems, and Twitter didn't have reliability problems, then there would be less of a need for people to move to FriendFeed to share items and short messages.<br><br>And, of course, Google Reader and Twitter can continue to innovate and introduce new features, or exploit existing ones. The fact that Google Reader is associated with the leading search engine in the world suggests that Google Reader can at least provide better search capabilities than FriendFeed. And, of course, the underlying services can continue to introduce new things to ensure that they remain in business. FriendFeed doesn't kill off individual applications; the applications kill themselves off by not working and not innovating.

If Google Reader didn't have speed problems, and Twitter didn't have reliability problems, then there would be less of a need for people to move to FriendFeed to share items and short messages.

And, of course, Google Reader and Twitter can continue to innovate and introduce new features, or exploit existing ones. The fact that Google Reader is associated with the leading search engine in the world suggests that Google Reader can at least provide better search capabilities than FriendFeed. And, of course, the underlying services can continue to introduce new things to ensure that they remain in business.

]]> By: ontarioemperor http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-71945 ontarioemperor Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:50:12 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-71945 Very good point. Assuming FriendFeed itself remains viable, it can serve as a one stop shop as the underlying services appear and disappear. Very good point. Assuming FriendFeed itself remains viable, it can serve as a one stop shop as the underlying services appear and disappear.

]]> By: StevenHodson http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-71946 StevenHodson Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:08:03 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-71946 your points about apps switch and not hurting *your network* are good ones -<br>thanks your points about apps switch and not hurting *your network* are good ones -
thanks

]]> By: StevenHodson http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-71947 StevenHodson Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:25:03 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-71947 Granted some of the parts of the ecosystem would be more resistant to being<br>abandoned I will aggree with you there. But I do think that for some of the<br>services that FF hooks into could *potentially* find themselves in trouble<br>as people use FF more and more. Granted some of the parts of the ecosystem would be more resistant to being
abandoned I will aggree with you there. But I do think that for some of the
services that FF hooks into could *potentially* find themselves in trouble
as people use FF more and more.

]]> By: Friendfeed competes with TechMeme as a tech news aggregator « Alexander van Elsas’s Weblog on new media & technologies and their effect on social behavior http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-58422 Friendfeed competes with TechMeme as a tech news aggregator « Alexander van Elsas’s Weblog on new media & technologies and their effect on social behavior Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:23:40 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2008/04/28/the-danger-of-social-media-falling-in-on-itself/#comment-58422 [...] While the compete traffic graph does show an increase in traffic for Friendfeed, Steven Hodson nails it by saying that Friendfeed cannot exist without these other services. Besides the possibility to [...] [...] While the compete traffic graph does show an increase in traffic for Friendfeed, Steven Hodson nails it by saying that Friendfeed cannot exist without these other services. Besides the possibility to [...]

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