COM 150: Last word on Web 2.0?

This from an article in this month's Harper's magazine on "Web 2.0," the catchy name (a little too catchy, in my opinion) for interactive features on the World Wide Web like YouTube and MySpace, which rely on content generated by users. They're trendy, they generate a lot of hype and my God does the money roll in. At least for the innovators. At least in the beginning. The article is by Michael Hirschorn, executive vice president of original programming and production at the MTV spinoff VH1, so he should know what he's talking about. Says Hirschorn:

Thanks to the inexorable process of Web invention, such stuff goes from "OMG" to "Whatever" in no time flat. (137)

Source: Michael Hirschorn. "The Web 2.0 Bubble." Harper's April 2007: 134-38.