Oh christ, here we go again. "Web 2.0" soon to be followed by "DotcomBubble 2.0." Same overhyped BS as the first dotcom bubble, all kinds of ideas, very little that make any kind of business sense.
Yup, "Web 2.0" and its many synonyms are fashionable catchphrases being 'memed' by vocal non-geeks to make up for the fact it took them so long to catch on to internet in the first place. Blogs, podcasts and link collections like Digg might add a twist here or there, but they've all been around for almost fifteen years, in various guises. Don't be a pretender and a nonce by spreading a word which only marks you as an ignoramus. The internet is still in its infancy, and it's evolving pretty nicely without the need for the fashion militia, thanks very much. If you fashion victims won't behave, you can install and support your own damn software =P
Agreed. Digg is nothing more than /., updated. The only real difference I can see is the presence of somewhat competent moderation at /.Digg's user-moderation scheme is nothing more than an experiment in the ability of excitable mobs to make intelligent decisions (evidence the many diggs of anything with "apple", "google", or "AJAX" in the title).
mark1372Mar 26, 2006
According to Newsweek, the use of excess exclamation marks makes one look like an idiot.
cprincipeMar 26, 2006
Oh christ, here we go again. "Web 2.0" soon to be followed by "DotcomBubble 2.0." Same overhyped BS as the first dotcom bubble, all kinds of ideas, very little that make any kind of business sense.
goettelMar 26, 2006
Yup, "Web 2.0" and its many synonyms are fashionable catchphrases being 'memed' by vocal non-geeks to make up for the fact it took them so long to catch on to internet in the first place. Blogs, podcasts and link collections like Digg might add a twist here or there, but they've all been around for almost fifteen years, in various guises. Don't be a pretender and a nonce by spreading a word which only marks you as an ignoramus. The internet is still in its infancy, and it's evolving pretty nicely without the need for the fashion militia, thanks very much. If you fashion victims won't behave, you can install and support your own damn software =P
rowlodgeMar 27, 2006
they need to sell stock right now!!!
fishbertMar 27, 2006
Agreed. Digg is nothing more than /., updated. The only real difference I can see is the presence of somewhat competent moderation at /.Digg's user-moderation scheme is nothing more than an experiment in the ability of excitable mobs to make intelligent decisions (evidence the many diggs of anything with "apple", "google", or "AJAX" in the title).
locoroosterMar 27, 2006
Got to love web 0.5 as brought to you by online versions of print articles. Here are the links if anyone had trouble guessing them or was to timid/lazy to type in the obvious urls:Digg - <a class="user" href="http://www.digg.com">http://www.digg.com</a>Plum - <a class="user" href="http://www.plum.com/">http://www.plum.com/</a>Sharpcast - <a class="user" href="http://www.sharpcast.com/">http://www.sharpcast.com/</a>Jajah - <a class="user" href="http://www.jajah.com/">http://www.jajah.com/</a>Prosper - <a class="user" href="http://www.prosper.com">http://www.prosper.com</a>Lala - <a class="user" href="http://www.lala.com/">http://www.lala.com/</a>Filmloop - <a class="user" href="http://www.filmloop.com/">http://www.filmloop.com/</a>Mercora - <a class="user" href="http://search.mercora.com/index_search.htm">http://search.mercora.com/index_search.htm</a>