Noise Pollution - We’re making the web a giant clusterf*ck
April 25th, 2008 - 12:24 am
The current state of the Internet is a confusing one. When Web 2.0 emerged, it was all about creating profiles, making friends and conveying your personality to as many people as possible. Now, the constant introduction of services and the growing number of profiles any given person holds is getting overwhelming. Aggregation services like FriendFeed for profiles and Techmeme for news try to help wade through this mess — but in my opinion, have only created more noise.