Last week I was at a panel at the AlwaysOn OnHollywood event. The subject was on bringing social technology into online entertainment.
The panel was moderated by Kara Swisher (Wall Street Journal writer and co-producer of All Things Digital). My co-panelists were Drew Curtis (CEO of Fark.com), Rooly Eliezerov (CEO of Gigya) and Abdul Khan (Co-Founder, I Beat You).
My main takeaway from the panel: I think the entertainment industry is still a couple steps behind. Instead of talking about Facebook and MySpace, they should be talking about Glam and Clearspring (and, dare I say, GamerDNA). The old social-networking model that’s based on the virality of friend invites is at a point of market equilibrium in my opinion. We need newer, cooler approaches to attracting members.
You may view the whole session here: OnHollywood 2008 Archive
