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You could make a case that all the 'social' platforms serve a fundamentally different need than the Web. Those are all more about immediate communication of lot
by alangibson 6y ago
You could make a case that all the 'social' platforms serve a fundamentally different need than the Web. Those are all more about immediate communication of lots of relatively ephemeral, low-information messages. The Web is more suited to publishing more enduring, long form and complete information.
Fusing the two never seems to work well. See blog comments for an example.
- cocktailpeanuts 6y agoYou could make a case that most internet platforms are increasingly social. Think about what would be left if you took away all "social" apps from the internet. Even if we don't go that far, think about non-social online apps that don't use the "web". For example, iCloud, Dropbox, Microsoft Office, Adobe creative cloud, etc. Most users of these apps use native apps instead of a clunky browser.
- PaulHoule 6y agoI dunno. It is what you've been taught. Some people think Microsoft Word is a clunky native app, others that Google Docs is a clunky browser app. Maybe they are both right.
- cocktailpeanuts 6y agoThis has nothing to do with my argument. My point is that the reality is a huge chunk of internet usage does not happen inside a browser. Whether it's a good idea or not is irrelevant. The fact that there exists a Microsoft Word powered by the Internet but not inside a browser. And the fact that every cloud powered app on mobile does not use the browser. These are facts.