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# Why get excited about the social web?
- URL: https://werd.io/why-get-excited-about-the-social-web/
- Published: 2006-08-22T18:07:57.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-12T11:01:15.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: General, #ben-684a32da145d7d001be71dae, #Migrated-1749693130536, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-06-11 21:52

<http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/22/why-get-excited-about-the-social-web/>

This weekend I found myself chatting to a friend over a few beers in Camden, far away from the glow of a computer screen. Outside the pub window, people walked to and from the market, and the many specialist shops along Camden High Street; some had brightly coloured hair, some were wearing a full-on goth \[...\]