Comments on: TEXTFILES.COM 2.0 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1067 Jason Scott's Weblog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:59:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: some dude http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1067/comment-page-1#comment-4175 some dude Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:13:57 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1067#comment-4175 hey - dunna wanna leave my nfo, so just notes instead. This site rocks man. Thank you. Don't sweat whatever some otha assholez do. YOU ROCK! hey – dunna wanna leave my nfo, so just notes instead.

This site rocks man. Thank you.
Don’t sweat whatever some otha assholez do.

YOU ROCK!

]]> By: Rob "Flack" O'Hara http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1067/comment-page-1#comment-4174 Rob "Flack" O'Hara Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:42:16 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1067#comment-4174 There used to be an old (and now technically outdated) joke that went, "Why telephones have more holes in the mouthpiece than in the earpiece? Because people like to talk more than they like to listen!" Due to advances in telephone design this doesn't necessarily apply to today's phones, but it still applies to a lot of people. Many (most?) people like to talk more than they like to listen, and to me, that sums up the Web 2.0 experience in general. People feel a need to "be a part of" whatever it is that "you're" doing. There are videos on YouTube with dozens of pages responses, most of which are along the lines of, "OMGWTF ROFLOLZ!!21!!!1!!" Who's reading that drivel? The answer is, no one, and it doesn't matter. People simply like to talk, even if no one's listening. Web 2.0's not the only example of this -- look at shows like American Idol that rely on voter participation and you'll see what I mean -- but Web 2.0 is the epitome of user interaction. A million Digg users, voting on the popularity of news headlines, that's Web 2.0. That being said, I've always felt like Textfiles.com would benefit from an upload area. I (and surely others) have locals textfiles that you don't. I'm sure a simple e-mail your way would lead to an FTP site or some other method of getting files from me to you, but an upload form (obviously with certain limitations to prevent abuse) on textfiles.com would remind me. There used to be an old (and now technically outdated) joke that went, “Why telephones have more holes in the mouthpiece than in the earpiece? Because people like to talk more than they like to listen!” Due to advances in telephone design this doesn’t necessarily apply to today’s phones, but it still applies to a lot of people. Many (most?) people like to talk more than they like to listen, and to me, that sums up the Web 2.0 experience in general. People feel a need to “be a part of” whatever it is that “you’re” doing. There are videos on YouTube with dozens of pages responses, most of which are along the lines of, “OMGWTF ROFLOLZ!!21!!!1!!” Who’s reading that drivel? The answer is, no one, and it doesn’t matter. People simply like to talk, even if no one’s listening. Web 2.0’s not the only example of this — look at shows like American Idol that rely on voter participation and you’ll see what I mean — but Web 2.0 is the epitome of user interaction. A million Digg users, voting on the popularity of news headlines, that’s Web 2.0.

That being said, I’ve always felt like Textfiles.com would benefit from an upload area. I (and surely others) have locals textfiles that you don’t. I’m sure a simple e-mail your way would lead to an FTP site or some other method of getting files from me to you, but an upload form (obviously with certain limitations to prevent abuse) on textfiles.com would remind me.

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