by teck » Thu Mar 31, 2016 9:43 am
i once lost a job because i got into an argument about the nature of the internet, and how people use it. roughly:
web 1.0 - the beginning, not a lot of creators, a lot of users as consumers of information ("surfing" the web a la Sandra Bullock in "The Net")
web 2.0 - user-generated content (blogs, etc) become paramount.
Nowish - this user-generated content is now organized into either social media feeds (instagram) or into platforms dedicated to certain subjects (wikipedia, editorial websites). it's why i wonder what will happen to blogs, because people don't open up browsers and individually check out blogs, so much as access just a few apps (instagram, fb messenger) and experience the web through said platforms.
Soonish - the internet gets really good at delivering up content into UX interfaces that don't require a lot of browsing, if any.
Later - skynet.
its part of why i like CT -- it's just good old clunky people talking to each other.
I could be totally wrong with the above fyi. just from an editorial perspective, i know it takes so much energy to create and manage content (and there's so much competition) that i wonder if it's still a worthwhile strategy anymore, esp for a site like grailed.