tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post3489142403448473453..comments2024-03-25T21:41:06.801-07:00Comments on Mobile Opportunity: Everything you always wanted to know about web community, and then someMichael Macehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17966107280587843091noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-37504042709876125082008-11-01T04:36:00.000-07:002008-11-01T04:36:00.000-07:00This online mob / gang dominates conversation so m...This online mob / gang dominates conversation so much we often loose focus about real values and problems facing mobile industryZec Online Journalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05713715511176686857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-57321209433870211112008-10-31T09:53:00.000-07:002008-10-31T09:53:00.000-07:00Great article... Very complete. Web communities ra...Great article... Very complete. Web communities raise a lot of questions for people who don't understand what they are about. I just read the book "Tribes" by Seth Godin, you touch on many of those principlesl here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-38402353247369011512008-10-26T05:46:00.000-07:002008-10-26T05:46:00.000-07:00*quote*...he was touting the importance of Twitter...*quote*...he was touting the importance of Twitter as a driver for the mobile web. I almost laughed out loud, because I had just been working on our report, and I knew how tiny the Twitter audience is. It's a classic case of people in the tech industry assuming something they use a lot is also being adopted by the masses.*end of quote*<BR/>I guess you are also laughing at the iPhone because the audience is tiny compared to Nokia's audience (sarcastic tone here)...Regarding twitter (which I personally don't use so cannot comment much), I think you are not considering the greater focus of its content which might be more valuable than the size of the userbaseReda EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530722364407094545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-84799115229687090902008-10-26T01:43:00.000-07:002008-10-26T01:43:00.000-07:00Very interesting article Mr. Mace, I'm going to wr...Very interesting article Mr. Mace, I'm going to write something about it on my blog (PoderPda.com). I believe that virtual communities and their potential is currently completely unexplored by the big media companies and should be treated with lot of more importance, as they represent a big leap in the social Internet, not only for 22's and below, but even for 25's - 35's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898384.post-79495581859603201552008-10-24T16:22:00.000-07:002008-10-24T16:22:00.000-07:00Your analogy -- stage and actors -- rings true for...Your analogy -- stage and actors -- rings true for me. I spent quite a while on treocentral.com participating loudly. (Sigh, I loved my Treo 650, problems and all. The Windows Treos? Not so much. And now the G1. 'Bye Palm. But I digress).<BR/><BR/>Your comments also align with the Seth Godin Tribes book I'm listening to right now. <BR/><BR/>I think the reason so few companies do well in these web communities is because the people inside the companies are afraid to be real, or are managed away from being real people. There are a few exceptions (yah, sure, on Twitter of course). But you and I can _act_ (to use your analogy) or be raving Enthusiasts (cf. my Treocentral days).<BR/><BR/>And yeah I probably personally sold 10 Treo 650's for Palm. So this stuff matters.Phil Hodgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438864777043709162noreply@blogger.com