NBC 10 looks like it's going to join Fox 29 Philadelphia in the blog hosting business. The news comes from a recent chat that Daniel McQuade had.
It's going to be called DigPhilly.com and it has the features you'd expect of an online community: forums, blogs, and a place to post photos. The home page of the site warns that it's currently 'just a taste' of what's to come - that the real site will debut February 1st. I wonder if the folks at Digg.com would be concerned about the name?
Philadelphia Mass Media Social Media
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MyFoxPhilly.com
DigPhilly.com
PhillyEdge
Philly@Craigslist
Philly@Tribe.net
Philly.com's Message Forums
Philadelphia Independent Social Media
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PhilaFunk.com
Young Philly Politics
PhillyIMC
Fishtown.US
Tucker Max Message Board
Okayplayer.com
FlyersPhans.com
PhillyMusic.com
PhillyGoth.net
PAHardcore.com
Phillyblog.com
Philly Future
And YOUR PERSONAL BLOG (hosted on Blogspot, TypePad, or on a server of your choice)
For those folks wondering about Craigslist being considered "Mass Media" - when you are that well known, produced by an organization with millions upon millions in the bank, well you're mass media. It's that simple.
What a horribly bad
What a horribly bad idea.
What are they expecting to get? Why, given all the other tools that are out there that are clearly superior, would they decide to package a wholly redundant service?
You have several mature services available for blogs (MySpace, Facebook, Xanga, Blogger, MovableType, TypePad, Wordpress, etc.) and photos (Flickr, Buzznet, etc.) where the already active maintain an online presence. Why would someone want to create a duplicative profile on YET ANOTHER service, that most likely will be abandoned.
One has to realize the culture of the web, and leverage it. Why not take advantage of the existing content that's out there and roll it in, rather than attempt to get other people to create new "proprietary" content?
rolling it in
If the site is just blogs and photos then yeah, it's redundant and waste of webspace. But the real question is what will they bring to the table when they launch in February. We'll see.
I report, you decide
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what ?
Hmmmmm.... where do I weigh in on this idiocy and rumor kick-start program... ?
1) The "blog hosting business"...
2) "The news comes from a recent chat that Daniel McQuade had..."
The first statement would imply this is actually what DigPhilly is... which is totally unfounded, "Karl" - you clever little bastard.
So let's hold off on the "verdict is in" style speculation. I too am curious as to what NBC is doing playing in this space - but feel no need to spike headlines by fabricating what hasn't happened yet. God knows that company has enough to worry about.
Now let's roll onto statement #2 - my personal favorite. This remark would imply several things that have most true career journalists laughing out loud. First off - it implies that "DMac", as he so self-lovingly refers to himself, is actually more than a blogging local gossip hound. I think he's really a chick... sitting by the phone - giggling - waiting for other chicks to call with really hot news for PW like 'what lipstick color Britney had rub off onto some celeb's d*ck'. Mmmmm... now that's critical content - swell job Daniel, swell indeed. Pulitzer material.
Additionally, it implies that he is "in the know". NOW that's funny ! Maybe lack of skill and cred are the reasons he blogs for a chop-shop like PW - and the reason they need his traffic, who knows ? Sad all the same.
OK that's a wrap - get it ? Got it ? Doubt it.