"Well, I find it exciting how now in the age of the beta (that the web seems to currently be in); beta this and beta that. The web is currently in what Iโd consider to be an experimental change. Itโs where webmasters and developers finally feel free to test out their ventures and ideas and just throw it out there. In the internetโs infancy, people were very excited about the potential it would promise but were reluctant and nervous. People are now more open and there is alot more freedom and development going on; consider TLDs alone with the .tv (multimedia and video) and .mobi (evergrowing mobile entertainment realm).
Now, weโre beginning to see the internet becoming an accepted social platform for more than just the business email or sending your family some pictures you took on vacation. Weโre seeing social networking grow in a fashion that hasnโt been seen before; the network is as vast as the internet itself. Social bookmarking (such as Digg), social networks (such as Myspace) are part of this revolutionary movement for this social platform.
Weโre seeing people powered search engines (Chacha.com) that assists users in their web searches. Weโre seeing a for the people, by the people approach to the internet. A friendlier internet where we can form relationships with people who are affable and have the desire to connect with others.
Spock is an interesting example and will definitely be considered later as a marker of this revolutionary movement. From the website: [spock is] โbuilding the broadest and deepest people specific search engine.โ This supports it exactly; weโre in the midst building a social internet. Eventually, services like this will be the building blocks that come together to create a global communityโฆ weโre beyond Instant Messaging and email now."
