netzooid

This is slightly old, and has no doubt been commented on a gajillion types, but…. alarm:clock comments on the Web 2.0 hype:

The conclusion that we draw is that the blogosphere would be a lousy VC firm. A half-billion dollar buyout might go unremarked upon, but a consumer-facing Web 2.0 company sold to Yahoo! or Google at a $20M - $40M valuation will set the blog world on fire.

Not quite as funny as Hani, but much more to the point. The blogosphere is merely a popularity index. Just like the Dow Jones Industrial Average reflects how investors are “feeling” that day, citations and tags reflect how topics are perceived. Its like being in middle school all over again.

The irony of all this is that I’m blogging right now about this, probably unconciously trying to increase my popularity and have more influence (damn that Freudian ego). Maybe I should just be the crazy kid in the back that no one knows and then show up at the 20 year reunion wildly successful.

This entry was posted on Monday, January 2nd, 2006 at 7:14 pm and is filed under Random.