An Internet of people

sajid · on Dec 19, 2011

A simpler explanation to 'why now?' is that more people are online now than ever before:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_users_per_100_inh...

Sites (even niche sites) which would previously have only appealed to a small number of users can now attract millions of users.

delinka · on Dec 19, 2011

"...more people are online now than ever before"

or, from the article, "we finally have an Internet of people."

sajid · on Dec 19, 2011

Erm, cdixon is talking about trust and reputation. I'm saying it's sheer numbers.

delinka · on Dec 20, 2011

I read both as talking about numbers.

  "you can get background information on almost any prospective counterparty by searching Google, Facebook etc."

Reading that quote, I don't intuit anything about trust and reputation, but simply indexing data. He also talks about key dependencies becoming widespread--broadband, digital cameras. That's discussing numbers. I'll admit I might have a problem reading between the lines, but with such a short post and no additional information, I stand by my interpretation.