Comments on: Social Media Now: The Global War on Widgets http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/20/social-media-now-the-global-war-on-widgets/ A community for the champions of Social Media and those seeking to learn Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:56:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jason Chervokas http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/20/social-media-now-the-global-war-on-widgets/#comment-8826 Jason Chervokas Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:18:53 +0000 http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/20/social-media-now-the-global-war-on-widgets/#comment-8826 Gee, Ty, feel a little passionate about the subject? Here's a case where I don't think the law really needs to be involved at all. If users don't like MySpace policies they'll just move along to other networks. It is, after all, as you say, the user's party. Gee, Ty, feel a little passionate about the subject?

Here’s a case where I don’t think the law really needs to be involved at all. If users don’t like MySpace policies they’ll just move along to other networks. It is, after all, as you say, the user’s party.

]]> By: Ty Graham http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/20/social-media-now-the-global-war-on-widgets/#comment-8812 Ty Graham Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:17:45 +0000 http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/20/social-media-now-the-global-war-on-widgets/#comment-8812 I have been trying to tell everyone for years now the formula for monetizing social networks like myspace. I think the current trend in blocking will lead to some very smart litigation happening and probably all the way to the surpreme court. Ask yourself, if a service came out that did not directly violate the TOS of myspace but perhaps competeted with lets say, snocap, *1* partner of myspace AND myspace hasn't come out with ANY viable *solution* to users who do not want to use myspace.... then BOOM... the people will form a social networking site like unity08.com and do a class action suit against myspace or any company behaving like them. WHY? Because this is the first time in history when people who are the consumers are in control and companies are feeling the pressure to diversify and satisfy more and more because of backlashes. In the traditional company space this has already occured, look at Southwest's "Chief Forgiveness Officer", now that's some innovative customer service!! We in the web world should take notice of this time and watch how very soon there will be a digital revolution that will set a digital user bill of rights that will in the future protect against this greed-based abuse that myspace is doing and tila so elequantly put it. More and more, 1 by 1, group by group, this is going to get bigger and bigger - especially when SOMEONE comes out with the PERFECT solution and then myspace triggers "THE FIRST SHOT" that blocks that solution illegally. Users will notice, people will gather, then it won't be myspace running the show, it will be the people. The day will come within this year. Soon, everyone is going to get blipd! I have been trying to tell everyone for years now the formula for monetizing social networks like myspace. I think the current trend in blocking will lead to some very smart litigation happening and probably all the way to the surpreme court. Ask yourself, if a service came out that did not directly violate the TOS of myspace but perhaps competeted with lets say, snocap, *1* partner of myspace AND myspace hasn’t come out with ANY viable *solution* to users who do not want to use myspace…. then BOOM… the people will form a social networking site like unity08.com and do a class action suit against myspace or any company behaving like them. WHY? Because this is the first time in history when people who are the consumers are in control and companies are feeling the pressure to diversify and satisfy more and more because of backlashes. In the traditional company space this has already occured, look at Southwest’s “Chief Forgiveness Officer”, now that’s some innovative customer service!! We in the web world should take notice of this time and watch how very soon there will be a digital revolution that will set a digital user bill of rights that will in the future protect against this greed-based abuse that myspace is doing and tila so elequantly put it. More and more, 1 by 1, group by group, this is going to get bigger and bigger - especially when SOMEONE comes out with the PERFECT solution and then myspace triggers “THE FIRST SHOT” that blocks that solution illegally. Users will notice, people will gather, then it won’t be myspace running the show, it will be the people. The day will come within this year. Soon, everyone is going to get blipd!

]]> By: Overheard » ColoradoStartups.com http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/20/social-media-now-the-global-war-on-widgets/#comment-8792 Overheard » ColoradoStartups.com Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:59:33 +0000 http://www.socialmediaclub.org/2007/03/20/social-media-now-the-global-war-on-widgets/#comment-8792 [...] Looks like I’m the proud papa of a beautiful new baby meme on widget monetization. It’s my first, you know. Cigars! (Yeah, I know lots of people talked about this before we did Big or Bullshit on it, but nothing is really new these days now is it? [...] [...] Looks like I’m the proud papa of a beautiful new baby meme on widget monetization. It’s my first, you know. Cigars! (Yeah, I know lots of people talked about this before we did Big or Bullshit on it, but nothing is really new these days now is it? [...]

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