Comments on: CenterNetworks Asks: How Many Web 2.0 Services Have Gone Mainstream?

By: Amit

Amit — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Twitter is garbage. It definitely ISN’T mainstream. People use the Facebook status updates before they would touch Twitter, just cuz of it’s simplicity (and the fact that Twitter has scalability problems with render it annoying). Of course comparing the two is some what like comparing apples to oranges, but the bottom line is when people want others to know what they’re doing, they would much rather use the status update on a platform they’re already using to connect with friends, family, coworkers, etc. 99% of the people I know don’t even know what Twitter is. They’d rather send an SMS via phone or use the status update on FB if they want to reach their network of friends. But, I guess it depends on who you talk to.

I’d have to add Slideshare. It probably isn’t mainstream yet, but has the most potential to become mainstream since it caters to so many people with various backgrounds, i.e. techies, business people, general people, etc and it’s actually very USEFUL and not another passing fad.

Oh and you’ll have to add Gmail to the list as well.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yelp

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I would say MySpace but that really came before Web 2.0

By: Jeremy Toeman

Jeremy Toeman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

re Yelp – ONLY in San Francisco/Bay Area is Yelp mainstream.

mainstream – Facebook/hi5/bebo, Flickr, Youtube, Slide, Photobucket, Rockyou

bay area mainstream – different story. :)

can’t think of anything else… sure i’m missing a few…

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

good point jeremy – this is mainstream not bay area mainstream :)

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Agree on youtube, disagree on flickr, agree on photobucket

By: Mark L

Mark L — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

rockyou?

By: Miiko Mentz

Miiko Mentz — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My answer: very few!

Yeah, the obvious ones are MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Bebo and to some degree Flickr, Slide, Photobucket, and I’d maybe throw in Last.fm (I’m sure some would disagree).

I hadn’t looked at Orli’s Web2.0 directory in a long time and just took a quick look. It’s wild how many there are now and how many of them will never make it mainstream.

Allen, I like the question that you posed. It’s a good one and definitely makes me ponder it all.

I must admit that I can get sucked into the madness and drink the Kool-Aid here and there because I love all things Web 2.0 (apps/blogs/people/parties/etc.), but I also make a point to unplug and get out of the Bay Area/Silicon Valley to connect with those who live in the real world and don’t know what the hell Twitter is (and trust me, I ask). Because it’s these people who decide what becomes mainstream so it’s good to unplug and talk to people outside our Web 2.0 world.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Not Flickr. Check the hitwise data out Ymail v Flickr. Not even close to mainstream. Photobucket just. Twitter would have been if it didn’t train wreck. It’s really weird the places you here Twitter being talked about now. They’ll be cured the moment they can’t sign up or it crashes yet again

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

rockyou? youTube? flickr? bebo? last.fm?

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

opps didn’t see milkos list.

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

last.fm? what’s your basis?

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks Miiiko – I’d suggest Flickr isn’t mainstream while Photobucket might be.