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I think the real value of the real-time web will show when the comments sections of all webpages are in real-time. This will allow users who are viewing an arti
by rooshdi 17y ago
I think the real value of the real-time web will show when the comments sections of all webpages are in real-time. This will allow users who are viewing an article on the same webpage, which may be over a decade old, to see a comment appear as it is sent. This will encourage users to comment back and forth across all webpages, no matter how old the page is, due to the real-time appearance of comments.
- jsdalton 17y agoWhat are the chances that someone viewing a decade-old article will just happen to be viewing it at the exact same time as someone else is viewing it AND at the exact same time that this other person is submitting a comment on it?
- rooshdi 17y agoA higher chance than you think, especially with search engines which offer immense amounts of historical content. I believe if there was a comment system put in place which informed visitors of how many other people were on the same page with them, this may encourage readers to chat amongst each other in real-time and bring life back to webpages which were once "ghost towns".