DISQUS

DISQUS Hello! Matt's Cuppa Disqussion is using DISQUS, a powerful comment system, to manage its comments. Learn more.

Community Page

Matt's Cuppa Disqussion

Tea, Technology, Environment
Jump to original thread »
Author

Can We Succeed as Experts in the Age of the Internet?

Started by telecommatt · 1 year ago

I’m trying to wrap my mind around this post. It’s quite lengthy, but I guarantee you it will make you think.Thing is, I’m not sure I completely agree. Does adding additional features really reduce the audience? Is it true that those who overspecialize in to ... Continue reading »

2 comments

  • Stan_Schroeder

    1 year ago

    Hello, thank you for reading and replying to the article. I'd just like to emphasize that what I'm talking about here is not keeping it simple for simplicity's sake; I'm talking about keeping it simple and letting the community create the extra features for you. Twitter would be nothing without its API and all those wonderful little apps based on it.
    reply
  • telecommatt

    1 year ago

    Stan, thanks for clarifying. There is certainly something to be said for simplicity, and there are scores of failed Web 2.0 start-ups out there whose cause-of-death was that they tried to include everything out of the box. I don't think that there's always a clear answer, but in the end I think it comes down to who has a better understanding of the solution- the author(s) or the community?
    reply

Add New Comment

Returning? Login