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I'm soooo happy that I, unlike you, do not spend too much time over thinking the topic at hand.

The blessedness of simple really is just that... a blessing.

@Eli: You make a good point, but I would argue that not all people are going to be comfortable using certain social networks or tools.

I, for example, love Twitter and use it more than anything else. But Joe Somebody may not like Twitter at all. In fact, he might like to be active only at MySpace. So focusing all of our efforts on Twitter would not bring Joe into the scene because it isn't fitting for him.

So, with this in mind, I think we need to find leaders in each social realm/community/sphere and have these leaders collaborate with leaders in other areas. That way we're utilizing every social network/media/tool as possible, but keeping people only active in the areas they want to be.

Thoughts?

Thanks for the plug and mention, Aaron. I believe that we are indeed, as you suggest, making some serious gains online. Right now it's hard for a lot of people to see because a lot of it is more foundation and infrastructure development, but it is happening and it's happening fast.

I think we still have a collaboration hurdle to understand and get over, but we're getting there.

I just got a iPod Touch and I'll stick with my Blackberry for my phone. This whole locking BS is nonsense and I'm glad I don't have to deal with it.

Glad to see that cforms came out compatible so quickly. I use that one all over the place.

Great list!

Thanks for posting this!

We've got a lot of work to do still, but it's exciting to see it all start to unfold.

@Joe

They already HAVE their own unique product. And it failed on all fronts.

I think they have a shot, but they have some serious fear issues to get over. News media 1.0 was controlled from the top down... that model simply doesn't work anymore.

Back then I think media sources were built on a foundation of control. Now, however, I think successful media sources are built on a foundation of community.

So, in essence, MSM needs to shift to a community based model that is collaborative and inclusive instead of a centrally controlled exclusive set up.

My two...

No way!!!

How frikin cool is that!

I don't have a single machine that isn't running Linux. Totally bummed about this.

Woohoo!!! Let the fun begin!

Twitter has been this way for several weeks now. Not fun... not fun at all.

Twitter has been this way for several weeks now. Not fun... not fun at all.

I say good on em'! eBay is acting like a kid too big for his/her britches and it's good to see Craigslist fighting back.

And I agree, this may well get VERY ugly.

Yeah, but I added an application on Facebook that displays my LinkedIn connections as well as all of the information on the profile.

So why leave Facebook? You can get access to LinkedIn from the FB profile.

Good job getting him shut down Ajay! I can't believe the response you got from Sitepoint. What a bunch of clowns.