Comments on: Closed co-op? http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/12/closed-co-op/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:05:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Claude Gelinas http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/12/closed-co-op/#comment-53779 Claude Gelinas Wed, 24 May 2006 14:43:38 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/12/closed-co-op/#comment-53779 Online "social networking" is the new trend Google, Yahoo!, MSN and countless others are pursuing in hopes of creating online communities that'll help them "AOLize" their business model. The prize? Advertising money to "reach" their newly created social networks. Lots of ad money or in Google's case, AdSense revenues. All social networks, like LinkedIn, are closed to whoever isn't a member. When you jump into the social network, you're bound by rules. Sometimes it's for the better and sometimes not. The web itself, as it is, looks like the best model — even if that means getting presented with weird content once in a while. At least, we're a lot more in control and that's absolutely priceless, for any "independent" user. Online “social networking” is the new trend Google, Yahoo!, MSN and countless others are pursuing in hopes of creating online communities that’ll help them “AOLize” their business model.

The prize? Advertising money to “reach” their newly created social networks. Lots of ad money or in Google’s case, AdSense revenues.

All social networks, like LinkedIn, are closed to whoever isn’t a member. When you jump into the social network, you’re bound by rules. Sometimes it’s for the better and sometimes not.

The web itself, as it is, looks like the best model — even if that means getting presented with weird content once in a while. At least, we’re a lot more in control and that’s absolutely priceless, for any “independent” user.

]]> By: Ken Carroll http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/12/closed-co-op/#comment-46727 Ken Carroll Sat, 13 May 2006 03:01:10 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/12/closed-co-op/#comment-46727 Thereare other examples out there of trying to control traffic or information. I find blogger.com infuriating. You come across a great post somewhere and you want to post a reply, but then you get that blogger.com sign in. Nightmare. It's just pure hassle and it doesn't even link back to you. It's as if they're trying to hog the links and keep them within a space they can control. Of course, it's all done in the name of privacy protection, but it really feels like something else. I imagine the laws of online evolution will eventually weed out that kind of practice. Long live Wordpress! Thereare other examples out there of trying to control traffic or information. I find blogger.com infuriating. You come across a great post somewhere and you want to post a reply, but then you get that blogger.com sign in. Nightmare. It’s just pure hassle and it doesn’t even link back to you. It’s as if they’re trying to hog the links and keep them within a space they can control. Of course, it’s all done in the name of privacy protection, but it really feels like something else. I imagine the laws of online evolution will eventually weed out that kind of practice. Long live Wordpress!

]]> By: Leon http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/12/closed-co-op/#comment-46595 Leon Fri, 12 May 2006 22:21:14 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/12/closed-co-op/#comment-46595 Sounds like Google wants to break up the Internet into its own closed communities, with, of course, the Chinese behind their own "Chinese Walls". Sounds like Google wants to break up the Internet into its own closed communities, with, of course, the Chinese behind their own “Chinese Walls”.

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