On Sep 22, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Will Evans wrote:
There is a difference between sites that are Social Media Sites, and
those that are Social Networking sites, although some do both. To
the degree that a site encourages basic user generated content, but
little else (ratings, comments, discussions, blog posts, images,
video) as opposed to a Social Networking (connecting, friending,
messaging) -- Some sites do some mix of networking and user
generated content - some more than others - some blogs are really
neither. If you can't comment on a post, rate a post, etc - than
although it is user generated content - it's not social, for
instance Seth Godin's personal blog is neither networking nor media
because their are no mechanisms for connection of communication.
Blah.
Now we're killing kittens. (As in "Every time you define a web 2.0
concept, God kills a kitten. Please! Remember the kittens!")
So, Netflix lets you review and rate movies. So it's a social media
site? And it let's you friend people (or connect to existing friends)
and message them with specific recommendations. Does that make it a
Social Networking site?
BTW, Amazon lets you do the same things. As does eBay. And
BankofAmerica.com has some of these features. What *isn't* a social
media or social networking site?
(See if you can answer that without killing any more kittens. :) )
Jared
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