http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/05/usatoday-anti-social-readers/ Movie Reviews, iPhone App Reviews, and Tech Commentary by Jason Kaneshiro Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:51:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/05/usatoday-anti-social-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-3748 Another Step Back From Web 2.0 » Webomatica Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:37:38 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/05/usatoday-anti-social-readers/#comment-3748 [...] a previous post regarding the USAToday redesign I wondered whether the vast majority of the mainstream had any interest in getting social on the [...] [...] a previous post regarding the USAToday redesign I wondered whether the vast majority of the mainstream had any interest in getting social on the [...]

]]> http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/05/usatoday-anti-social-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-3659 webomatica Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:54:13 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/05/usatoday-anti-social-readers/#comment-3659 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! 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!

]]> http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/05/usatoday-anti-social-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-3655 Bryce Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:32:04 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/03/05/usatoday-anti-social-readers/#comment-3655 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. 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.

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