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By: Michael Martine

Michael Martine — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:17:04 +0000

Way to pound that nail, Tad. The one thing that really irks me about social media is that it’s basically a full-time job, when I already have one of those.

My biggest social media tool is still email. Nothing beats a personal message. I only use a few other SM tools sparingly, like StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

I’m with Wolfy — I’d love to see what you think are possible solutions.

By: Wolfy

Wolfy — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:10:49 +0000

I’m not sure I feel like much of a slave here. Those services have value…

Also, I’m still waiting for you to suggest an alternative. Develop my own web 2.0 app? Monitize on the current apps? Beat them at their own game? If we all profit from it then who is paying? Can I interest you in some Amway?

-M

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:53:36 +0000

@ onreact – all I am saying is that you ultimately have the choice to use those channels or forge your own path, which you are recommending in terms of Web 2.0 usage. I would probably choose the latter path as well. If I use “YouTube, Blogger, Digg, del.icio.us, Flickr or StumbleUpon”, all essentially for free unless you choose to pay extra, you just need to understand the tradeoff involved. I’m not saying that it’s right, but it’s a decision that the creator needs to make with their eyes wide open.

By: onreact

onreact — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:44:39 +0000

So what Mark? If I have no personal gain out of the distribution channels and the faceless multimillion dollar corporations own my content and my relations (if you get deleted at XING you loose your social capital) I shall accept it?

The revenue should at least be shared. Google does that with custom search for instance. I’m fine with that. My search for this site uses Google Custom Search btw. but I don’t earn anything as I was too lazy to do it myself…
Revver does that for video…

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:36:45 +0000

The biggest problem that I have with this article is that the big evil empires do provide a service – distribution. Sure, I don’t like the fact that they may be making money of me and my content, but they are providing a service that generally speaking I don’t have to pay for.

However, if I sign up for a paid service with one of these corporations, who is really responsible for doing that? I think it’s me, so I’d better do my homework before I sign up. Otherwise, I’ll be the fool who will be parting with some of his money.

Having said all of that, I do like the opportunities to make some of my own cash doing my own thing. But, I’m not going to diss someone or something down because they put up a wall or a barrier first; them’s the breaks.

By: onreact

onreact — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:40:44 +0000

Olivier: Does it make our lives more complete? Instead of meeting real friends you “socialize” with “friends” on the other half of the globe without ever or rarely meeting them. Do you feel better that way?

Marty: Thanks for the inspiration!