Web 2.0, muti.co.za and blik.co.za

As mentioned by Gerhard from blik.co.za, he was doing it for fun and for the love of it. I applaud you! Soon Ananzi is going to wake up and need a solid Web 2.0 strategy and development team and you would be in the spotlight. (Although I wouldn’t bank on THAT!)

Seriously though, I do get what Stefano says:

“If one really wants to create an afrikaans version of muti, why not
approach muti and collaborate. In stead of going solo and dilute the
market shares of an already tiny tiny tiny existing market share?”

I’m not sure of the facts (hopefully the heroes over at muti can shed some light on this…), but I do not see any revenue streams for muti.co.za either! They don’t do Google-Ads or any other form of ads. You cannot buy subscription from them. As far as I’m concerned, muti.co.za is as experimental and a labour of love as blik.co.za is.

I agree to what Stefano says . Lets get in on muti.co.za and make it GR8! platform. If we can add a couple unique features, then maybe muti.co.za could go big in the international arena… you know… kick Digg’s ASS! In the spirit of Web 2.0, lets build it as a true social platform developed by the society using it… so Neville, where’s the wiki and the sources?

The fact there is such a “tiny tiny tiny existing market” is our own fault however. We should not even worry about diluting market shares. We should work at it to expand the market! I refuse to believe that we as South Africans cannot establish a strong Web 2.0 following! The only reason why it is still small is due to the lack of education and hype! If we can establish more and more Web 2.0 sites and services that can be “sold” to the non-Web 2.0-ers, everyone will benefit in the long run!

See? Thats why we DO need Web 2.0 hype.

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4 Comments to "Web 2.0, muti.co.za and blik.co.za"

• s.sessa said: On 01/30/2007 at 7:07 am

  Hey Stii, valid comments. See my reply to the original post. I agree with expanding the market. It is the obvious thing to do, however, with Telkom and Icasa on our asses, it’s not as easy as it should be. However, we should do whatever we can do get everyone who is on the internet wagon onboard and this can only be done if there is some form of collaboration. Of course, one has to distinguish between collaboration and monopolisation.

• South Africa’s internet ruckus. « “Stefano Sessa” said: On 01/30/2007 at 9:01 am

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• stii.za.net » Blog Archive » Co.lab or die in SA! said: On 01/30/2007 at 11:00 am

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• South Africa’s internet ruckus. « “Stefano Sessa” said: On 01/30/2007 at 11:29 am

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