The future of the web is not individual sites. It’s being part of social networks.
Today I had a bit of an epiphany on the effectiveness of individual sites like mine. Who really has time to bother with LanceWig.com? I’m watching more and more people get into social networking sites like Twitter, Digg, Facebook and Del.icio.us. Even Google is set to roll out new social networking features to their iGoogle page next month.
I’ve had my own lonely site for ages, but have I done much? No. I know lots of other developers and web fanatics who are much the same. Wouldn’t it make more sense to add a “/lancewig” directory to a popular site like Del.icio.us or Facebook then to add things to your own specific domain?
In the beginning of the web, the internet was small enough that we could kind of think of it as one big social network. But these days, we find little pockets of networks in the sea of spam, advertising and boring sites.
That’s my thought. I’ll add more as it comes.
Oh, I’ve joined Technorati on the advise of a fellow Twitter enthusiast.