Overload 2.0
Stretched thin on the web?
OK, no one is forcing anyone to use these services! But I have to admit, it's just not sustainable to keep this many profiles going at once.
More importantly, I'm not sure it's healthy either. Bits has a good post that touches on this:
How many more new social networking or micro-blogging or video-sharing site can one person use? Most of us don’t have time to respond to voice mail and e-mail every day, let alone check our Twitter updates and Facebook accounts and Flickr friends. And even if we have the time, do we need another site that helps us share and connect and network?
This problem is just under the surface at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York this week. Just a few years ago, it was easy for start-ups that provide Web services to attract early adopters — the tech geeks who are the first to use new technologies. The challenge was attracting mainstream users. But now, even the early adopters are stretched thin.
Ultimately these services are like TV shows (. . . or something). People get sucked in and lose interest after a while. The novelty just wears off. This problem is just under the surface at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York this week. Just a few years ago, it was easy for start-ups that provide Web services to attract early adopters — the tech geeks who are the first to use new technologies. The challenge was attracting mainstream users. But now, even the early adopters are stretched thin.
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