Pogue on Web 2.0 at its Possibilities

This is how David Pogue starts off a recent entry on Web 2.0...

“Web 2.0,” as I understand it, refers to Web sites whose contents are supplied by us, the people. What would Flickr be without its photos,YouTube without the videos, Craigslist without the ads, eBay without the auctions, TripAdvisor without people’s travel reviews? These mega-sites would be only empty white pages if the audience didn’t supply their materials.
From Pogue's Posts: Asking the Crowd to Spread the News

Most church web sites are Web 1.0 in nature. It is not that churches haven't tried to be more Web 2.0 in features, it is just that most people tend to look to a church web site for news and information. At Horne UMC we have tried things like forums in the past with little participation. Even our youth's site suffers from the same affliction. Our most popular offering on our church's web site are the mail lists. Mail lists, which have been around longer than the Web itself, still prove to be a quick and convenient way for people to receive and exchange information.