Comments on: Dude, that’s so meta http://venturegeneratedcontent.com/2008/05/04/dude-thats-so-meta/ A VC's outlook on the Internet and digital media Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:38:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Pawel http://venturegeneratedcontent.com/2008/05/04/dude-thats-so-meta/#comment-89 Pawel Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:36:53 +0000 http://batteryventures.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-89 Realy Nice art :) Realy Nice art :)

]]> By: Satya Patel http://venturegeneratedcontent.com/2008/05/04/dude-thats-so-meta/#comment-39 Satya Patel Tue, 06 May 2008 00:30:41 +0000 http://batteryventures.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-39 I agree that Boing Boing is effectively a meta layer, but I think that The New York Times qualifies as largely an original information source. There is not doubt that meta layer-type features are being incorporated into original information sources, as evidenced by Blogrunner by The New York Times, for example. The smart information sources will work to become one-stop shops for both original and "curated/filtered" content. However, I think that new companies will emerge and be successful as well because they can move quickly and innovate and because they are free of the inherent conflict associated with cannibalizing their original content. Wesabe and Mint are great apps precisely because they aggregate personal financial data in simple, useful ways. No meta layer will be successful if its value proposition isn't sound. I agree that Boing Boing is effectively a meta layer, but I think that The New York Times qualifies as largely an original information source. There is not doubt that meta layer-type features are being incorporated into original information sources, as evidenced by Blogrunner by The New York Times, for example. The smart information sources will work to become one-stop shops for both original and “curated/filtered” content. However, I think that new companies will emerge and be successful as well because they can move quickly and innovate and because they are free of the inherent conflict associated with cannibalizing their original content.

Wesabe and Mint are great apps precisely because they aggregate personal financial data in simple, useful ways. No meta layer will be successful if its value proposition isn’t sound.

]]> By: Sandeep Sood http://venturegeneratedcontent.com/2008/05/04/dude-thats-so-meta/#comment-38 Sandeep Sood Mon, 05 May 2008 22:25:33 +0000 http://batteryventures.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-38 Not to get all 'meta' on you, but I think you need to start with the fact that both the NY Times website and Boing Boing themselves are really meta-layers. Like the meta-layers you mention, they consolidate content; unlike the meta-layers you mention, they also have a point of view, which makes them way better at consolidation, in my opinion . The reason I don't see the "meta-meta" layers getting significant traction is that I think the blogs and news websites themselves are going to start consolidating content and providing services related to specific content more effectively each year. Also, I don't see Wesabe or Mint as meta-layers; these are, at their core, great apps first. If it wasn't for the functionality, I could care less if you're aggregating all my financial data (main reason why Yodlee became a B2B play years ago). Not to get all ‘meta’ on you, but I think you need to start with the fact that both the NY Times website and Boing Boing themselves are really meta-layers. Like the meta-layers you mention, they consolidate content; unlike the meta-layers you mention, they also have a point of view, which makes them way better at consolidation, in my opinion .

The reason I don’t see the “meta-meta” layers getting significant traction is that I think the blogs and news websites themselves are going to start consolidating content and providing services related to specific content more effectively each year.

Also, I don’t see Wesabe or Mint as meta-layers; these are, at their core, great apps first. If it wasn’t for the functionality, I could care less if you’re aggregating all my financial data (main reason why Yodlee became a B2B play years ago).

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