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'Can' Sometimes Fails To Intersect With 'Should'
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When Blippy launched a few years back, I thought it was the worst idea for an Internet service ever: You registered your credit card, and then every purchase you make would be tweeted to your friends. Why would anyone WANT that? Turns out people didn't, so it's in Internet limbo, not closed but not actively being marketed anymore. It's a classic example of Internet overenthusiasm: People invested without asking WHY anyone would want to use the service, or whether there was any demonstrated desire for people to automatically tell each other that they bought something, not to mention the security aspects of handing over your credit card information to some third party or allowing people to see where you are and what you're buying. (TechCrunch)
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