i had been wondering about social networking, too. sphere isn't it. maybe salon needs some sort of plugin to facebook. lol.
i had also been kind of wondering about that as a value-add for our anti-E. but i'm not convinced there's real, long-term money in the social networking space. at least not for lots of players.
it occurs to me to wonder, though . . . i know plenty of people -- mostly my students -- who have both facebook and myspace accounts. what i wonder is how much their networks in each overlap. throw linkedin in there, as well. it would be interesting if people started using different social networking apps for different things.
j
On 8/21/07, Blackmail <blackmail.is.my.life at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, Salon has just initiated the feature that drives many
> writers
> off the web for good. Unless you've been writing on the web consistently
> and
> are accustomed to insane automatic feedback, it's a daunting prospect.
>
> They would've been better off attempting to launch a social networking
> application. That would've at least been '2.0.'
>
>
>
> On 8/21/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yikes, Salon trades on the bulletin board!
> >
> > No one can figure this shit out. Here's Salon's attempt at going 2.0
> > in order to keep its nose above water:
> >
> > <http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx?
> > dcn=0001266454-07-000305&Type=HTML>
> >
> > > Develop Web 2.0 site and additional interactive functionality to
> > > increase reader participation
> > >
> > > As previously mentioned, Salon has plans to build out a user
> > > generated site, to be called OpenSalon. This site will be an
> > > extension to Salon's highly popular "Letters to the Editor"
> > > function, which allows readers to react to a story and begin a
> > > conversation with both the writer and the audience who is reading
> > > the story. This site will be rolled out during the course of FY08.
> > >
> > > Salon also plans to engage readers with Web 2.0 tools that enhance
> > > their experience on the main Salon Website. As an example, one
> > > social media application under development is the Sphere "widget,"
> > > a configurable pop-up feature activated by links embedded in
> > > articles on Salon.com. These widgets will contain links to related
> > > stories on Salon and on other sites. Sphere widgets contain ad
> > > inventory that Salon's sales team will bundle with other
> > > advertising opportunities. This feature is not expected to generate
> > > significant revenue, but is likely to drive additional page views
> > > to archived content, increase the average time spent on our Website
> > > and streamline the editorial process by obviating the need to hand-
> > > select related stories.
> >
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