Justin.tv. Live streaming of someone’s life onto the Internet 24/7.
When I first heard of the concept, I thought “well, there must be more to it than meets the eye… because if there isn’t, it’s really going to suck.” Well, it turns out there wasn’t more to it than met the eye, and my prediction held true.
Justin.tv wasn’t created as an experiment of sociology and technology at its core. It was created as a for-profit business backed by venture capital. So, one would have thought there was something there—some great concept around WHAT Justin would be up to that would create the stir to propel the venture.
Turns out, there wasn’t. Justin.tv has taken the simplest, most uninteresting incarnation of ‘reality TV’ (which has been showing its age for awhile now), removed the entertainment factor, and mainlined it onto the Internet using some clever technology. That’s it.
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