Facebook – what was a fun little site, the entire business world has turned into the Holy Grail. This is troubling, because it’s not the site that is amazing, but the new social comm technology that connects people. I crunch some numbers here, and it’s obvious people aren’t interacting with brands on Facebook. Why are we losing site of this? It’s just a platform, and membership does not attest to equity. Equity is where the internet is happening, and the internet is not happening on Facebook.
The Evolving Check-In
Where people are isn’t as important as why they are there. The next stage is communing around the places, and understanding that the individual person is simply a node in a much vaster network.
Filter Ethics, Hidden Streams, & the eroding open internet
Filter ethics. This is the most important thing regarding Facebook & other online communities that very few people are talking about. Â I note here (June 2010) that hidden streams destroy any legitimacy
Semantic Web? Travel 3.0? Pack your bags, because change is coming and we’re gonna take a trip!
No, it’s no vacation. Â It’s the loud foot stomping of behind the door positioning in the travel vertical of the modern web wars! Â In fact, the positioning is more like a game of Twister, and although
defunct facebook post
Another major issue about the accessibility of this network, the functionality. For people who really work, and own and operate their own businesses, etc – they are WAY too busy for this stuff. I am a