what is a social networking site but a walled garden on the internet?
And at the end of the day, can’t this all be done without a centralized site? Of course it can. It was done beforehand – what social networking sites do is allow people to stay on top of things without doing much. Imagine, though, if everyone had a weblog. Or a content management system. Impossible? No, not really. In fact, many of us have been doing it for some time. So here’s the thing. Why would I continue to participate in something that doesn’t allow me to make something off of my own work, my trends, my recommendations? Why should I offer that up for free to the ‘social networking gods’ as some sacrifice… If social networking sites are going to truly survive, they have to reward creators. Failing to do so will simply mean people who wish economic recompense will be less likely to use these social networking sites. I, Heretic. This is a negotiation, you see – and even as I wrote about using Zazzle within Second Life for real products, I realized that social networking gurus who
