Chipp- Sunday, September 5, 2010, 8:04:56 PM, you wrote:
> Any early thoughts on Apple's new social network? It seems to be getting some > concerned reviews. > http://bit.ly/dn5AON Hadn't heard about Ping until your note, but I like Eric Schwarz's comment (pasted here because I can't figure out how to set a link to it): "There is a fundamental openness and chaos in a community, they feel they must suppress that lack of control. They don't like chaos. A community is created by its audience. Apple wants to control ALL aspects of their products. When your product is a community that won't work. When your product is a community your product is mostly created by its users." ...maybe it's because I've just spent a virtual weekend deeply immersed in Burning Man, but the idea of creating a social network from the top down is just weird. Schwarz's quote sounds to me very much like a description of the community of this list. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
