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Too Many Choices, Too Much Content - ReadWriteWeb

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Too Many Choices, Too Much Content

Written by Sarah Perez / May 14,
2008 4:00 AM / 42
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Too Many Choices

However, there are certain areas we've noticed that seem to be the biggest
sources of conflict as of late. In these areas, several companies are clamoring
to be the winner of the space, releasing duplicate or similar products,
constantly adding new features, and generally trying to one-up their competitors
in an effort to come out on top. When there are several companies doing the same
thing, it gets confusing for the average user and time-consuming for the early
adopters who play with everything. In the end, the hope is that one great
service would come out on top, but that's hardly ever the case. We're already on
MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, and LinkedIn because there's no one winner for
social networks...are we going to have to use all these newcomers battling it
out, too?
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- Drowning in Awesomeness
  
  The double-edged sword that comes with keeping abreast of all the latest
  developments in technology means that we're always aware of the latest and
  greatest applications and services to try...but it also means that we've tried
  all of them. Unlike the average user, who doesn't even bother creating
  a Facebook profile until several of their friends cajole them into doing so,
  technology early adopters are the first to sign up and create profiles on every
  service that launches.
- The Battle of the Lifestreams
  
  There's MyBlogLog's
  lifestream, FriendFeed, Lifestream.fm and even Facebook's
  attempt at lifestreaming, which involves integrating a handful of services
  into users' Mini-Feeds and News Feeds. Too much? You
  betcha. Although FriendFeed is getting buzz, even it doesn't offer a way to
  really filter the info it displays. Sure, the "filter
  by service" Greasemonkey script can help narrow down content and the Friends & Groups script can help sort
  your friends into groups of your own choosing, but we shouldn't have to rely on
  a Firefox
  add-on to make our apps work for us. And while FriendFeed may be one service
  (besides Twitter, of course) that internet
  addicts can't live without, it still has a way to go to cross over to the
  mainstream user, especially if Facebook starts offering similar integration.
- The Battle of the Mobile Social Networks
  
  This one will really surprise those not following the mobile
  networking space closely. When researching mobile network up-and-comer Brightkite,
  I stumbled upon a slew of mobile networks already competing in the space.
  
  There's MocoSpace, Friendstribe, Hobnobster, Dodgeball, Zyb, mig33, Mobiluck, MeetMoi, JuiceCaster, Loopnote, Rabble, Wadja, Treemo, groovr, flagr, Lime
  Juice, Loopt, and Next2Friends, to name just a few. There are,
  in fact, many, many more. Some focus on texting, some on sharing images, others
  on geo-tagging, and others on traditional social networking. They're all acting
  like the mobile web is the wild west and if they can just get there first they
  might have a shot at winning.
  
  However, who wants to bet that the mobile networks everyone ends up using are
  the ones who aren't pretending that the mobile web is some different web
  altogether? Even more likely winners are the mobile versions of MySpace and Facebook, where all your friends already
  exist.