A lot of Internet buzz is stupid
Apr 11, 2007 Americana, Nuvo-Techno
Like look what Wired considers noteworthy, in its attempt to predict the next social networking hotspot:
Wired News: So, can you give me your elevator pitch? What is Socializr? Jonathan Abrams: It’s a site for sharing events with your friends.
WN: There are already sites that do that, like Evite, so what’s the differentiator [sic]?
Abrams: We don’t really think Evite does that, because Evite doesn’t allow you to see what your friends are doing. The central concept of Socializr is the idea of combining social networking and event functionality together.
Step one is providing a really cool alternative to Evite, which hasn’t improved in five years. There’s just so much stuff — integrating music and video and SMS and IM — there’s just so much stuff that Evite doesn’t do. And that’s certainly part of why Socializr is valuable.
The big vision goes beyond that. The big vision is integrating that with social networking, and creating something where you could share stuff with your friends, which is an area that Evite’s never even got into.
WN: It sounds like you’re saying Evite is more of a broadcast model.
Abrams: Well, Evite doesn’t allow you to say, this person is my friend. There’s no concept of friends on Evite. And there’s no concept of sharing.
This is something you really need. Better real-time awareness of what parties your friends are going to and which they have, obviously by mistake, omitted to invite you to. And … sharing.
Oh, they will all make a mint, I’m sure. Like they did last time. Then they can share more “events.”
April 12th, 2007 at 7:17 am
Ron,
See all the things you can accomplish when you become shallow and narccistic? I have better things to do than worry about what “social events” my friends are attending.
For example, there are wonderful books to read and share with my children. Museums and concerts to take them to. Time set aside just to be with them, to watch them grow, and learn, and explore the world around them.
I may well be cash-poor, but I figure I am well ahead of the game in the parts of life that actually matter.
Respects,
April 12th, 2007 at 7:46 am
Gwedd, that is precisely my point. In fact it is amazing how much of Generation Z culture pivots on “social events,” i.e., standing around and drinking until you “hook up.”