Why Social Networks Need to Get Local

95 Points

It seems like every new day brings with it a plethora of Web 2.0 clone and spin-off sites - from micro-blogging to photo-sharing. Specifically, the last year or so has seen an explosion in localized social networking sites - particularly sites with accessibility and relevance to non-English speaking countries. From German Twitter clones to Chinese Facebook knockoffs, the trend is toward language- and region-specific variants of popular social networking phenomenon.

All of these clones make me wonder about the effect that language has on determining whether or not a platform is...

Let Detroit go bankrupt

108 Points

While we are on the subject of cars...  This talk of the American car makers asking for $25 billion to bail them out yet again is complete hogwash.  They are also saying that they can't go bankrupt. Rubbish.

This is not a financial or political site so we won't bore you any longer with the topic.  This is exactly what needs to be done though if you are interested (see NYT article by Mitt Romney below).  

Let Detroit Go Bankrupt   

...
  • Nov 21, 2008

The Hyper-Connected Generation

168 Points

There is an article on the Beeb (BBC) about the "hyper-connected" generation . It has quotes from Biz Stone co-founder of Twitter and Jyri Engestrom, founder of Jaiku. It muses about microblogging and the multicasting of one's life 24/7. Is this state of connectivity better or worse for us? For productivity? Engestrom says, "In five years time being hyper connected will become a necessity to be an active participant in the social world".

We wouldn't go as far as to say that. People should and will have the level of connectivity that suits them. ...

Digg stands up for its users in the HD-DVD code debacle

172 Points

Just saw this post on the Digg blog from Kevin , the founder of digg. They are willing to go "down in flames" rather than make their users bow their heads to the demands of a big company. Good on you digg ! Here is a copy of the blog post:

"Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts… In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We’ve always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that violate our terms of use (eg....

  • May 2, 2007

Digg, censors stories, shuts down submissions and then restores them

195 Points

Had to post about this craziness today about the HD-DVD Hex key scandal. Here is an article about someone trying to post an article to digg and also got banned from digg over this issue today.

By the looks of it, they are seeing the news and trying to restore the articles and regain the faith of the public. The brewhaha continues...

Here is an overview of what happened with the key and how it got out .

 

Tried to read at least four other articles about this that were listed on digg. Some were crashed because of too much traffic and some just not...

  • May 2, 2007
Sign in with Facebook