Comments on: One size does NOT fit all http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/ digital anthropologist Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:40:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Ari Herzog http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-522 Ari Herzog Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:31:15 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-522 After installing Mahalo Share today, I come to you via google, after searching for references to Twitter, FriendFeed, and Mahalo Share. I remember using the Web in its infancy, long before Google was even a tinkle in someone's eye. I used search engines with names like Yahoo, Altavista, Excite, Metacrawler, Ask Jeeves, Netscape, and Mamma. Some of these engines still exist, while others have been swallowed whole whether by M&A or the passage of time. When you consider most people - throughout the world - only know Google and not the other search engines, perhaps one of the problems with Web 2.0 is there are so many instances of the same purpose; do we really need StumbleUpon, Digg, Pownce, Tumblr, and Ma.gnolia if they all essentially serve the same purpose? Or, like the search engine analogy, will time come to show only one being used on the tongues of everyone? After installing Mahalo Share today, I come to you via google, after searching for references to Twitter, FriendFeed, and Mahalo Share.

I remember using the Web in its infancy, long before Google was even a tinkle in someone’s eye. I used search engines with names like Yahoo, Altavista, Excite, Metacrawler, Ask Jeeves, Netscape, and Mamma. Some of these engines still exist, while others have been swallowed whole whether by M&A or the passage of time.

When you consider most people - throughout the world - only know Google and not the other search engines, perhaps one of the problems with Web 2.0 is there are so many instances of the same purpose; do we really need StumbleUpon, Digg, Pownce, Tumblr, and Ma.gnolia if they all essentially serve the same purpose? Or, like the search engine analogy, will time come to show only one being used on the tongues of everyone?

]]> By: Crossposting, more people are coming round - jon bounds http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-519 Crossposting, more people are coming round - jon bounds Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:03:03 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-519 [...] Ariel Waldman on crossposting with social media: Recently, there has been a rash of one-size-fits-all services that aim to provide a solution to “managing” various sites like Twitter, Pownce, Tumblr, Jaiku and Facebook all at once. As with most of my rants, they begin on Twitter and then trickle their way into a blog post - and if you’ve seen some of my tweets, you have seen my personal distaste for these services and the people who use them. [...] […] Ariel Waldman on crossposting with social media: Recently, there has been a rash of one-size-fits-all services that aim to provide a solution to “managing” various sites like Twitter, Pownce, Tumblr, Jaiku and Facebook all at once. As with most of my rants, they begin on Twitter and then trickle their way into a blog post - and if you’ve seen some of my tweets, you have seen my personal distaste for these services and the people who use them. […]

]]> By: Dan Thornton http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-518 Dan Thornton Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:31:21 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-518 I totally agree with the problems of people cross-posting, especially as there's a large amount of cross over between those services amongst my contact group - meaning I can get the same message flagged to me about 4 or 5 times in the space of a day... There's needs to be more integration/aggregation... I totally agree with the problems of people cross-posting, especially as there’s a large amount of cross over between those services amongst my contact group - meaning I can get the same message flagged to me about 4 or 5 times in the space of a day…
There’s needs to be more integration/aggregation…

]]> By: does not fit http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-491 does not fit Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:53:38 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-491 [...] Doug Clinton Says: March 28th, 2008 at 1:06 am. Hi Arial. Can I invite you to try my attempt to ...http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/Star-Telegram.com: 05/08/2008 Greg Ellis: Roy Williams believes he ...... Ellis: Roy Williams [...] […] Doug Clinton Says: March 28th, 2008 at 1:06 am. Hi Arial. Can I invite you to try my attempt to …http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/Star-Telegram.com: 05/08/2008 Greg Ellis: Roy Williams believes he …… Ellis: Roy Williams […]

]]> By: Alan Hogan http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-356 Alan Hogan Fri, 23 May 2008 00:37:32 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-356 WELL SAID! WELL SAID!

]]> By: nolandfone http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-110 nolandfone Tue, 06 May 2008 03:29:36 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-110 Ariel - I can't help thinking that [as so often with many cases, maybe this is a modern day Darwinism] the 80/20 rule will apply to the "outbreak" of social media sites. For most, the one size fits all is all they need or can "manage". Then there is the 18% that use each social network with precise discrimination keeping their network of contacts in separate buckets with little or no overlap. The remaining 2% have login's to everything out there, including myself, but even I have to admit many of my profiles lay dormant after a brief but glorious flurry of activity! Bet we can run a quick experiment to see if I'm right :) Ariel - I can’t help thinking that [as so often with many cases, maybe this is a modern day Darwinism] the 80/20 rule will apply to the “outbreak” of social media sites. For most, the one size fits all is all they need or can “manage”. Then there is the 18% that use each social network with precise discrimination keeping their network of contacts in separate buckets with little or no overlap. The remaining 2% have login’s to everything out there, including myself, but even I have to admit many of my profiles lay dormant after a brief but glorious flurry of activity! Bet we can run a quick experiment to see if I’m right :)

]]> By: Denis http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-79 Denis Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:08:51 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-79 Ariel, The people who are cross-posting don't get the point of multi-access services. And it seems that you base your opinion solely on their behavior. I just entering the micro-blogging arena after blogging on LiveJournal for three years and I am deciding on the best platform. I already know that not one of the services will satisfy my needs/wants requiring me to have multiple accounts. That's where multi-access sites come in handy. Even with auto-login, it takes some time for each site to load. Let alone having to enter the credentials every time. Having a one-stop-post-everywhere solution is necessary. Then the abuse comes, about which you are complaining. It's in human nature to abuse nearly everything. However, we must not judge services by the ways people are abusing them. We rather have to introduce people to other uses of the services, if we believe that there is some sort of misuse. If you really want to resolve this unfortunate trend, don't bash the service providers, but talk how use them to create original content. Regards. P.S. Can you increase the comment field to more than three lines? Ariel,

The people who are cross-posting don’t get the point of multi-access services. And it seems that you base your opinion solely on their behavior.

I just entering the micro-blogging arena after blogging on LiveJournal for three years and I am deciding on the best platform. I already know that not one of the services will satisfy my needs/wants requiring me to have multiple accounts. That’s where multi-access sites come in handy.

Even with auto-login, it takes some time for each site to load. Let alone having to enter the credentials every time. Having a one-stop-post-everywhere solution is necessary. Then the abuse comes, about which you are complaining.

It’s in human nature to abuse nearly everything. However, we must not judge services by the ways people are abusing them. We rather have to introduce people to other uses of the services, if we believe that there is some sort of misuse.

If you really want to resolve this unfortunate trend, don’t bash the service providers, but talk how use them to create original content.

Regards.

P.S. Can you increase the comment field to more than three lines?

]]> By: Ryan (Ping.fm) http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-74 Ryan (Ping.fm) Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:35:02 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-74 Hey there. We are listening to everyones concerns and are looking for the right solution. We understand that posting to multiple services when having the same userbase on said services can be quite annoying for those who are on the receiving end. We do encourage our users to use the "triggers" we provide so users can post to as many social networks as they please (ie: @tt,fb -- twitter and facebook) -- I hope more users will start using these triggers to hit the social networks with the least amount of crossover. Hey there. We are listening to everyones concerns and are looking for the right solution. We understand that posting to multiple services when having the same userbase on said services can be quite annoying for those who are on the receiving end. We do encourage our users to use the “triggers” we provide so users can post to as many social networks as they please (ie: @tt,fb — twitter and facebook) — I hope more users will start using these triggers to hit the social networks with the least amount of crossover.

]]> By: Chris Paul http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-65 Chris Paul Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:53:27 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-65 You are the brick! Reading stuff like this written in the way like this is a great pleasure for me. You are the brick! Reading stuff like this written in the way like this is a great pleasure for me.

]]> By: Adam Debreczeni http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-63 Adam Debreczeni Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:20:23 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2008/03/28/one-size-does-not-fit-all/#comment-63 I couldn't agree with you more on everyone of your points. Great post. I couldn’t agree with you more on everyone of your points. Great post.

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