Other social websites seem to keep going bad or going out of business. When these things happen, a lot of people seem to end up at fluther. Fluther seems to keep on doing things right, although it is, as far as I know, still a labor of love for bendrew. Guys—are you making money, yet?
I think it would be really interesting for an historian of the internet to try to explain the rise and fall of social websites. A great dissertation there. Anyone working on it? Anthropologists? Historians?
Personally, I came here when Askville started getting to petty and competitive. Here it is easy to feel cared about and not put down. Askville changed its focus to commercial concerns and never dealt with its personality problems. It lost a lot of old members as a result. I am beginning to wonder if the ones who stayed are employees of the place. In particular, I wonder about Goldie.
I’m not sure what some of the other social networking sites died. Perhaps people who used to be at them could explain? Never mind. I’m going to ask the question.