I have 10 so if anyone wants to pick up a free invite, PM me your gmail!
TSG
I'm a noob so I'm going to ask.... "what is that?"
in2muzikk
Google says that it will replace email, we'll look back and say "that was silly." The word "email" will be associated with a bygone era. Others are skeptical...
Jim Carson
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Originally posted by TSG
I'm a noob so I'm going to ask.... "what is that?"
That's what Google is for. It took me two seconds to find out what it was. How long have you been using the Internet?
Jim Carson
R!CH
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Originally posted by Jim Carson
That's what Google is for. It took me two seconds to find out what it was. How long have you been using the Internet?
seriously. i wasn't gonna say it, but i was definitely thinking it. it literally takes LESS time to find the answer for yourself than to ask someone to define it for you--and you have the added benefit of not looking like you're completely clueless. i guess the information age left some people behind.
Jim Carson
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Originally posted by R!CH
seriously. i wasn't gonna say it, but i was definitely thinking it. it literally takes LESS time to find the answer for yourself than to ask someone to define it for you--and you have the added benefit of not looking like you're completely clueless. i guess the information age left some people behind.
:haha:
I think I am doing TSG a favor by pointing that out. I hope I get a present next time I see her at Circus. A taco or something. Carne asada burrito con queso y guacamole at least.
Waterproofpaper
Invited everyone who PMed me with their emails. It takes a few hours to get the invite but it is coming! Hopefully you guys emailed me non misspelled emails.. because if you did, you just wasted my invite.
I wish i had google voice invites but just gotta wait for a little.
TSG
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Originally posted by Jim Carson
:haha:
I think I am doing TSG a favor by pointing that out. I hope I get a present next time I see her at Circus. A taco or something. Carne asada burrito con queso y guacamole at least.
No comprendo. Yes, I am slow and I get slower each day.
:conf:
Kismet7
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Originally posted by Jim Carson
Interesting concept, but not sure if this will work on a mass scale like email, facebook, myspace, basic chatrooms, twitter, youtube have been able to catch on. Outside of maybe business applications or more serious purposeful networking, the chances are slim for Google Wave. I doubt it will take off as a social networking phenomenon because it asks people to actually pay attention to what is going on within the Wave to be the best contributors to the Wave. If we look at research data, society has a dwindling attention span, and with the amount of distractions rising, attention spans are overtapped. Social networking works because the dynamics ask people to be both active and they can be passive (works out for the masses), you contribute and socialise on your own time and avoid it when you want. Just like how this forum works. For this to work properly, it might ask people to be more active or at least watching what is going on within the wave to get the most out of it. And if they're not getting the most out of it by being active, then they're not earning the rewards (incentive) that will keep them using it.
Its kinda like building a sand castle with a few people, after a while you get tired of building sand castles, especially after a few have failed. For businesses, I thnk it can be used as an info and keyword mining tool, for Google to sell to companies looking for info about what the general public are talking about. Also as a viral marketing tool to create hiveminded opinions about things, using individuals as the catalyst to drive interest and consensus. Like "lets all go see Twilight : New Moon" and 3 people say "yes lets go" which triggers person 5-10 to also join in, something Facebook and Twitter already accomplish decent enough.
Besides the points already mentioned, people really have to be bored, and highly tolerant of eachother for them to keep coming back to this type of online social environment. Its seems like its like a chatroom in dynamic email format. Whens the last time you wanted to regularly be part of a chatroom, or would you want to going forward? With zee business/market analyst hat on, I dont see this taking off anywhere near the level of other social networking applications.
in2muzikk
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Originally posted by Kismet7
Interesting concept, but not sure if this will work on a mass scale like email, facebook, myspace, basic chatrooms, twitter, youtube have been able to catch on. Outside of maybe business applications or more serious purposeful networking, the chances are slim for Google Wave. I doubt it will take off as a social networking phenomenon because it asks people to actually pay attention to what is going on within the Wave to be the best contributors to the Wave. If we look at research data, society has a dwindling attention span, and with the amount of distractions rising, attention spans are overtapped. Social networking works because the dynamics ask people to be both active and they can be passive (works out for the masses), you contribute and socialise on your own time and avoid it when you want. Just like how this forum works. For this to work properly, it might ask people to be more active or at least watching what is going on within the wave to get the most out of it.
Its kinda like building a sand castle with a few people, after a while you get tired of building sand castles, especially after a few have failed. For businesses, I thnk it can be used as an info and keyword mining tool, for Google to sell to companies looking for info about what the general public are talking about. Also as a viral marketing tool to create hiveminded opinions about things, using individuals as the catalyst to drive interest and consensus. Like "lets all go see Twilight : New Moon" and 3 people say "yes lets go" which triggers person 5-10 to also join in, something Facebook and Twitter already accomplish decent enough.
Besides the points already mentioned, people really have to be bored, and highly tolerant of eachother for them to keep coming back to this type of online social environment. Its seems like its like a chatroom in dynamic email format. Whens the last time you wanted to regularly be part of a chatroom, or would you want to going forward? With zee business/market analyst hat on, I dont see this taking off anywhere near the level of other social networking applications.
Sorry, stopped reading after the 3rd line, had to go feed the cat. Wait, I don't have a cat? :nervous:
Kismet7
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Originally posted by in2muzikk
Sorry, stopped reading after the 3rd line, had to go feed the cat. Wait, I don't have a cat? :nervous:
Thasss koool buddy, because you just helped prove one of my main points. Part of why Google Wave wont work is that people have dwindling attention spans, like you showed here, and this application requires attention from the user, for them to get the most reward out of it.
