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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:04:05 PM

I am reading on the news that Myspace is cutting its workforce by 30%. Again, I don't understand the business model of those big "portals", besides to make it become popular and sell it to some big media corporation whose management does not have a clue about the Internet. And then run. Where is Second Life and the millions that have been spent to build "sites" over there? There were also professional consultants to help firms with their Second Life site. There is a word here, "fuffa", that more or less means the fluffy dirt you find under your bed.

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Comments

starree Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:45:39 AM

I like that word fluffa. it's accurate. pirate
I guess when a site lacks a purpose or it's purpose has run out for most people (social networking can only last so long I suppose) what is left?

Lorenzo CelsiLorenzoCelsi Thursday, June 18, 2009 5:26:21 AM

Yes, like I said, I think the purpose is to collect as many users as possible (which is bad on the Internet) and then sell the whole project to some big firm that comes from the traditional media business (where big numbers are good instead, being the costs the same). I mean, the business model is meant to fail since the beginning, being a small "bubble" in itself.

About the "social" thing.
Internet was already "social", being a net to connect people's computers. Today the word "social" comes from the idea that Internet is about the masses and people are too stupid to do anything else but some very basic functions and everybody does the same like lemmings. "Social" means "automated" and "simplified". Even blogging has become too demanding.

starree Thursday, June 18, 2009 4:41:12 PM

funny, yes I agree

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:46:58 PM

There were also professional consultants to help firms with their Second Life site.

Wow...I had no idea.

Lorenzo CelsiLorenzoCelsi Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:41:03 PM

Some big companies spent MILLIONS over Second Life.

starree Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:12:34 AM

that doesn't surprise me bug

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