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Stan - I think the younger blogs just have a harder sell to make in trying to get people's attention, even if they've actually got something good to say. They've gotta to say AND sell it.
What about the writers, btw, when are we going to read them?
Now, don't forget to mention something about "going viral" and "widgets," and it's a pretty comprehensive roundup.
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This is about Mashable reviews specifically. We have never taken payment for a review.
I mean "compelling" Web 2.0 "entity", with the most "innovative" "architecture" is a nice way of saying: I am compelled to vomit if this Web 2.0 BS does not transform the 2007 version of an Internet chat room with video into something new soon. :)
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Also, since there are so many sites out there and many bloggers only review the guys with connections and VC money, it's not unlikely that 90% of these startups don't even know about all the competition that exists. This is a crazy new connected world, you can't just drive up and down the street to check out the competition anymore.
I can guarantee that's not true. Bloggers review whatever is worth reviewing.
That's self evident, most sites "don't usually work out" regardless of whether they are extending an existing idea or presenting a completely new one. My point is that the idea itself is not necessarily worthless and deserving of ridicule simply because it isn't revolutionary. Specifically I was responding to the comment about many similar sites -- I would imagine that if you asked the people who created those sites to outline how they are different they _should_ have an answer for you.
Unfortunately, I have seen that often a site may only come to the larger community's attention after it's been out for a while, and many of its ideas have been duplicated back into the original project they were extending... or other startups who implement the idea plus something else. The sites may stay alive for a while because the costs are low and there may be a small community using the service, perpetuating the belief that there really are 21 equivalent social bookmarking sites in production with active development, but that's probably not likely the case.
At a conference on parenting blogs, a speaker noted that lies or hidden agendas will kill your blog, which makes sense. But you know, communication always has a perspective and sometimes the most transparent agenda can be the most hidden.