share? or collection?
a few years ago, one called “ network summary ” service is the fire, the large websites into one, including the traditional major stations such as Sina, hexun, including rising star blog China. This service of the United States native version is a Web site called del.icio.us (Chinese name for delicious, later renamed to delicious.com). Generally provide such a service: If you see an article feel good, you can start a button the article Collections. Feeling Shang and to it joined browser collection clips similar, but actually here has two points different: one, and people using collection clips General collection of is website, and not page (imagine you collection hundreds of a page to collection clips engaged was messy was), second, and collection clips collection of things is in local computer Shang of, you if for a Taiwan computer, on see does not to has.
however, the main selling point of this service is not “ collection ”, “ share ”. You can share Web pages you feel alright to you on the website “ buddy ”. Main share is why sharing is actually on the back of the network effect, also known as Metcalf principle: network value is equal to the square node. As more and more users use this service, each other and with this kind of sharing of information exchange to connect to each other, this service looks promising.
subsequent development is: delicious was bought by Yahoo, and “ Yahoo purchase means the destruction of ” this practice, it is from this perspective of fade in obscurity. Who follow the domestic, whether it is independent of the 365key.com, or big site the network summary service, without exception, all disappeared.
the reason for this is complex. On one hand, appear online more “ share-” services such as Google Reader this RSS reader allows users to share, on the other hand, domestic abuse of network summary (many small and medium-sized Web sites make use of the service to turn upside down traffic from the station) is one of the decaying because this service. But on the whole, I personally think that this service has been “ &rdquo collection; and “ share ” wavering on these two things. Purposes of use on the situation, the two functions, it is not the same thing.
on the Web, especially on a public network, use “ share ” service most of the original motivation is actually “ vanity ”, by sharing, to show others their own taste of style, or holds himself out as a unique message channels. Has nothing to do public sharing and privacy, because privacy and show off, is contradictory to a large extent.
but the collection is not. Collections more focus on practical needs, focusing on private property. There is a joke on the Internet slang: every male student computers in China live a Sora Aoi. Many people collect something, he or she may not be willing to let others know that you have a collection, especially in an open real-name system in the network.
seriously said, favorite trick to remind ourselves that has nothing to do with others. A collection properties of common application is the phone's address book. Today many people probably do not remember more than 10 people call, but they are hundreds of communications in the mobile phone number. It is said that the existence of such a service: opening your address book to share. I felt very counterproductive. Share favorite nature of things in nature, first about privacy issues, and several people have nothing will take the initiative to share with others your own address book it?
MSN has done this thing, if a user is willing to, you can open your contacts list to your friends. May be under the influence of theory of six degrees, thinking that this is done to weave a larger network, but everyone knows the network nodes, do you want to share? their contact lists, what can boast about?
collection nature of things, can also be viewed as a “ a record of &rdquo. This shortcoming is the lack of application of the network effect, cannot be in a very short period of time in gathering a large number of users, but it's very useful to meet special needs. Who used smart phone is discovered, calendar notebook is a very nice feature, ensure that it will not forget.
collection and sharing, is a kind of information processing, in the middle is not clear-cut. Collectable things may not be said that must not be shared. But the focus of the service is the need to define clear. Because they meet the basic human nature is not the same: the collection of personal and practical, sharing personal vanity. User action for collection, sharing more representative than the man's real-world behavior. Someone to share an article, does not necessarily mean that the person's interest in this article have enough. But if it is a collection, that interest is obvious. So to say, data mining analysis of collection-based properties, than share, closer to the mark.
on the Internet but on your desktop, a single &ldQuo; &rdquo collection; nature of things, it's difficult to make what is too much value to. Because computers are not belongings —— even laptop ——, with a strong record, reminder collection, to call whenever you want. Before the era of mobile Internet, people on the move, and not related to the Internet. And as smart phones, tablets, e-readers such rise of mobile Internet devices, I personally think that collection nature of things will have a certain place.
Instapaper, this now to pay for services actually provided by the application and network summary so points like: a long Web page contents preserved (not network summary that only save a Web site), and then when they have time to watch. But it and network summary the different is, have it open up desktop access between the Internet and mobile Internet. People are using this service, usually on the desktop to save a Web page, and then on the mobile device (such as the iPad) browsing. Because people on the move will have some boring time, just read them too late to see the content to pass the time.
therefore, in the future, the collection property of the application I think will thrive. But it has a main point is: you must get through between desktop and mobile. Desktop Internet of that huge screen, complex links, keyboard and mouse input control, so that people can find or generate a lot of information in the above, and then in the collection of that information to mobile devices, to himself in the most need of the moment to call anywhere, anytime. These acts, first is the individual's own needs, second only to share to others at this level.
need to finally draw attention is that the collection just the collection an article, a Web page. Such collections and share the distinction is not significant. Need to see more extensive collection, as I mentioned in the text, address book, is also a collection. Equally worthy of collection and as to what kind of information and share the distinction clear, the truth, I have not come up with. I only vaguely sense, this might be one way.
—— Published in late May the IT Manager World column ——
