[Sigia-l] Web 2.0 99% bad

[Andrew Boyd]

On 5/15/07, Eric Reiss <elr at e-reiss.com> wrote:
> The mere title, "Web 2.0" suggests a linear progression. But rather
> than expanding our toolkit, many think the techniques of 2.0 are
> meant to REPLACE the techniques of 1.0, which they don't. This was
> Nielsen's fairly important point - if one looks past some of the more
> sweeping statements.
>
> Some of us have been singing a similar song for well over a year now.
> Now that Jakob Nielsen has said it, maybe the message will reach
> beyond our little circle.

Hi Eric,

I feel that there is a difference between:
- "Web 2.0 is no excuse for a poor user experience" that I've heard on
this list (and that I support fully, you could ask the poor devils
that I've beta tested for and hounded mercilessly), and
- "Web 2.0 is a waste of space, 99% of content is provided by 1% of
users" (to generalise after Jakob's generalisations).

I fully support the former, and deplore the latter as reactionary.

Best regards, Andrew

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Andrew Boyd
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