I realized that social media today has changed how I view most web pages now – as I expect comments.  Sometimes when reading a Techcrunch article I enjoy reading the comments as much as the article.  So today when I was reading some web pages I scrolled down out of habit to the comments – and there were none.  It’s like I expect all web pages now to allow comments…

Maybe this is something about the web today – that I don’t just want to be told – but I want to interact.  That’s one of the nice things about a WordPress blog like this – in that it supports comments out of the box (not that I get a lot).  There’s a power in dynamic content -but a weakness too.  Typing in a post like this limits the layout I can do – simple things like putting pictures in a certain way become frustrating.  So most of the website I work are not dynamic – but are mostly static html.  That said, I do put in a lot of photo galleries and forums – as they work well for their function.  Also having a Facebook FAN page can also add some interactive content to a company – just in a different way.

So the web is changing before my eyes – and I’m a part of that in what I expect now…