Before all of the social media gurus send me death threats, please note the question mark in the title.
In mid-November 2008, we learned that AOL was canning Uncut, today we hear rumors that Yahoo! is killing Jumpcut. This begs the question: is Microsoft’s Soapbox next? All of these sites were either launched (Soapbox) or acquired (Jumpcut and Uncut) during the heyday of User Generated Content-mania, circa 2006. You know, a time not long ago when Time chose YOU as the Person of the Year. continue reading...