[OT] PING

[Richmond]

On 09/06/2010 06:19 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
> Chipp-
>
> Sunday, September 5, 2010, 8:04:56 PM, you wrote:
>
>    
>> Any early thoughts on Apple's new social network? It seems to be getting some concerned reviews.
>> http://bit.ly/dn5AON
>>      
> Hadn't heard about Ping until your note, but I like Eric Schwarz's
> comment (pasted here because I can't figure out how to set a link to
> it):
>
> "There is a fundamental openness and chaos in a community, they feel
> they must suppress that lack of control. They don't like chaos. A
> community is created by its audience. Apple wants to control ALL
> aspects of their products. When your product is a community that won't
> work. When your product is a community your product is mostly created
> by its users."
>
>    

Arr, arr, arr "tis the RunRev Use-List.

> ...maybe it's because I've just spent a virtual weekend deeply
> immersed in Burning Man, but the idea of creating a social network
> from the top down is just weird. Schwarz's quote sounds to me very
> much like a description of the community of this list.
>
>