Comments on: The Problem With Just Audiences http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Potential Promise (Or, The Key to Building Network Value) at Disruptive Thoughts http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-116 Potential Promise (Or, The Key to Building Network Value) at Disruptive Thoughts Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:33:51 +0000 http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-116 [...] The problem with just audiences is that without a performance the audience becomes a group that disperses, leaving nothing. (We saw this with Friendster and we’ll see it again with // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById("authorinfo").style.display = ""; document.getElementById("showinfo").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("hideinfo").style.display = ""; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById("authorinfo").style.display = "none"; document.getElementById("showinfo").style.display = ""; document.getElementById("hideinfo").style.display = "none"; } [...] […] The problem with just audiences is that without a performance the audience becomes a group that disperses, leaving nothing. (We saw this with Friendster and we’ll see it again with // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById(”authorinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(”showinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(”hideinfo”).style.display = “”; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById(”authorinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(”showinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(”hideinfo”).style.display = “none”; } […]

]]> By: Fraser http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-91 Fraser Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:08:07 +0000 http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-91 To some extent the audiences of the future develop a portion of the performance. But without a potential promise, the presence of an audience isn't enough to add sustaining value to the performance. Without a potential promise there is no sustaining value. Without a sustaining value the audience disperses - in search of another performance that holds a potential promise. Without an audience Ryan Seacrest is simply a guy with a really big smile. Your job is not to smile, but to ensure that the potential promise is always visible to your audience. To some extent the audiences of the future develop a portion of the performance. But without a potential promise, the presence of an audience isn’t enough to add sustaining value to the performance.

Without a potential promise there is no sustaining value. Without a sustaining value the audience disperses - in search of another performance that holds a potential promise.

Without an audience Ryan Seacrest is simply a guy with a really big smile. Your job is not to smile, but to ensure that the potential promise is always visible to your audience.

]]> By: Fraser http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-101287 Fraser Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:08:07 +0000 http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-101287 To some extent the audiences of the future develop a portion of the performance. But without a potential promise, the presence of an audience isn't enough to add sustaining value to the performance. Without a potential promise there is no sustaining value. Without a sustaining value the audience disperses - in search of another performance that holds a potential promise. Without an audience Ryan Seacrest is simply a guy with a really big smile. Your job is not to smile, but to ensure that the potential promise is always visible to your audience. To some extent the audiences of the future develop a portion of the performance. But without a potential promise, the presence of an audience isn’t enough to add sustaining value to the performance. Without a potential promise there is no sustaining value. Without a sustaining value the audience disperses - in search of another performance that holds a potential promise. Without an audience Ryan Seacrest is simply a guy with a really big smile. Your job is not to smile, but to ensure that the potential promise is always visible to your audience.

]]> By: chartreuse http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-89 chartreuse Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:34:10 +0000 http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-89 The audiences of the future create there own performance. Your job is to be Ryan Seacrest. The audiences of the future create there own performance.
Your job is to be Ryan Seacrest.

]]> By: chartreuse http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-101286 chartreuse Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:34:10 +0000 http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-101286 The audiences of the future create there own performance. Your job is to be Ryan Seacrest. The audiences of the future create there own performance. Your job is to be Ryan Seacrest.

]]> By: Fraser http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-87 Fraser Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:41:31 +0000 http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-87 MySpace has a performance. The potential benefit offered to users of MySpace is the performance. Without properly managing the site to continue to create the potential of possible benefit the audience quickly becomes a crowd that disperses. It's the management of the performance (MySpace's promise of potential benefit) that is an element of the sustainable business model. MySpace has a performance. The potential benefit offered to users of MySpace is the performance.

Without properly managing the site to continue to create the potential of possible benefit the audience quickly becomes a crowd that disperses.

It’s the management of the performance (MySpace’s promise of potential benefit) that is an element of the sustainable business model.

]]> By: chartreuse http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-86 chartreuse Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:58:57 +0000 http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-86 An audience without a performance is call MySpace! Thanks for the kind words... An audience without a performance is call MySpace!

Thanks for the kind words…

]]> By: Fraser http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-101285 Fraser Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:41:31 +0000 http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-101285 MySpace has a performance. The potential benefit offered to users of MySpace is the performance. Without properly managing the site to continue to create the potential of possible benefit the audience quickly becomes a crowd that disperses. It's the management of the performance (MySpace's promise of potential benefit) that is an element of the sustainable business model. MySpace has a performance. The potential benefit offered to users of MySpace is the performance. Without properly managing the site to continue to create the potential of possible benefit the audience quickly becomes a crowd that disperses. It’s the management of the performance (MySpace’s promise of potential benefit) that is an element of the sustainable business model.

]]> By: chartreuse http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-101284 chartreuse Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:58:57 +0000 http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/03/12/the-problem-with-just-audiences/#comment-101284 An audience without a performance is call MySpace! Thanks for the kind words... An audience without a performance is call MySpace! Thanks for the kind words…

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