http://blog.benjaminwiederkehr.com/thoughts/how-to-differenciate-your-product Interaction Designer, Partner at Interactive Things, Editor of Datavisualization.ch, nice guy Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:08:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://blog.benjaminwiederkehr.com/thoughts/how-to-differenciate-your-product/comment-page-1#comment-2 Peter Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:14:33 +0000 http://portfolio.artillery.ch/writing/how-to-differenciate-your-product#comment-2 Your mention of digg reminded me of the flip side of being successful, crowdedness. (If it's a social site, that is.) I liked the concept in the beginning, but nowadays I can't read that site anymore… The same thing happened to YouTube and Facebook, they've been overtaken by the masses. Interestingly, I don't have the feeling, that flickr is crowded, even though they too have many users. So, what is the magic ingredient that can make your site successful while still keeping it from being overhyped and overrun? Your mention of digg reminded me of the flip side of being successful, crowdedness. (If it’s a social site, that is.) I liked the concept in the beginning, but nowadays I can’t read that site anymore… The same thing happened to YouTube and Facebook, they’ve been overtaken by the masses. Interestingly, I don’t have the feeling, that flickr is crowded, even though they too have many users. So, what is the magic ingredient that can make your site successful while still keeping it from being overhyped and overrun?

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