Comments on: The Social Web is Broken http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/18/the-social-web-is-broken/ On the Emergence of the Social Web Fri, 16 May 2008 07:09:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Can Lifestreaming and Aggregation Go Mainstream? « The Real McCrea http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/18/the-social-web-is-broken/#comment-742 Can Lifestreaming and Aggregation Go Mainstream? « The Real McCrea Fri, 02 May 2008 15:18:12 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-742 [...] I’m pretty confident that aggregation is here to stay, and that the concepts of lifestreaming and aggregation will become core elements of the mainstream Web experience. But, for that to happen, we will need to see quite a number of pain points addressed, something I’ve written about recently. [...] [...] I’m pretty confident that aggregation is here to stay, and that the concepts of lifestreaming and aggregation will become core elements of the mainstream Web experience. But, for that to happen, we will need to see quite a number of pain points addressed, something I’ve written about recently. [...]

]]> By: Fixing the Social Web: Aggregated “Me” « The Real McCrea http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/18/the-social-web-is-broken/#comment-674 Fixing the Social Web: Aggregated “Me” « The Real McCrea Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:07:43 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-674 [...] a recent post, inspired by Robert Scoble’d “How to Fix the Web,” I laid out the framework that [...] [...] a recent post, inspired by Robert Scoble’d “How to Fix the Web,” I laid out the framework that [...]

]]> By: Carl http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/18/the-social-web-is-broken/#comment-669 Carl Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:27:14 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-669 Mike, I agree that the individual site approach would be the best for individuals, however, I think this ship has already sailed. For as easy as it is to update and maintain a Wordpress or Blogger site (amongst the zillions of options), there are many for whom that's too much work. I think that for the masses, sites like Facebook, et al, will be the de factor standard. Those of us with blogs and individual sites will probably always struggle to merge the two environs. Mike, I agree that the individual site approach would be the best for individuals, however, I think this ship has already sailed. For as easy as it is to update and maintain a WordPress or Blogger site (amongst the zillions of options), there are many for whom that’s too much work.

I think that for the masses, sites like Facebook, et al, will be the de factor standard. Those of us with blogs and individual sites will probably always struggle to merge the two environs.

]]> By: M1ke http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/18/the-social-web-is-broken/#comment-665 M1ke Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:19:29 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=132#comment-665 There are a number of these various technologies being released to try and cope with this problem, but it seems all of them have places they do not go, and nothing quite fits yet. Facebook recently began aggregating data from other social services, but all that does is make another friendfeed - admittedly one where you probably have more contacts, but just an aggregator nevertheless - if data in any of the sites it aggregates is private, your friends won't see it in the feed and will still need to create an account and add you before viewing it. In my opinion returning to the grass roots of blogs and hosted software is the way to go - giving us back full control of our friends list and portability to any App built on a compatible API. For those without domains and webspace, they could use their friends blogs, or larger services whose sole purposes would be to provide these services. Whilst there may be less opportunities for monetising that model, I think it better serves the individuals in the long run. There are a number of these various technologies being released to try and cope with this problem, but it seems all of them have places they do not go, and nothing quite fits yet. Facebook recently began aggregating data from other social services, but all that does is make another friendfeed - admittedly one where you probably have more contacts, but just an aggregator nevertheless - if data in any of the sites it aggregates is private, your friends won’t see it in the feed and will still need to create an account and add you before viewing it.

In my opinion returning to the grass roots of blogs and hosted software is the way to go - giving us back full control of our friends list and portability to any App built on a compatible API. For those without domains and webspace, they could use their friends blogs, or larger services whose sole purposes would be to provide these services. Whilst there may be less opportunities for monetising that model, I think it better serves the individuals in the long run.

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