Do You Think Social Has Jumped the Shark?

Published on July 22nd, 2009 View Comments

Way back in April 2008, Paul remarked that Web 2.0 had jumped the shark, at least for him.
For the last six months or so, I’ve been feeling the same way about social, which is essentially analogous to Web 2.0, but more focused on applying social aspects to everything. I’m not alone in this belief; it’s [...]

Measuring Influence and Reputation

Published on June 23rd, 2009 View Comments

The debate about whether FeedBurner’s inclusion of FriendFeed subscribers is a good or bad thing has me thinking how to determine a person’s reputation and influence.
As I keep saying, trust is the key component to New Web. Without trust, it’s difficult to build a community around anything.
Reputation and influence are the next big things in [...]