Ask YC: Do you know of any web 2.0 sites where most users are computer illiterate?
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MySpace. I can't count the number of people have asked me some version of "Dude, you're good at computers? Can you help me make a bitchin' MySpace page?"
Admittedly, as the saying goes, the plural of "anecdote" is not "data", but it seems to me that MySpace is a wealth of user-created content primarily created by the computer illiterate (incomputerate?).
Admittedly, as the saying goes, the plural of "anecdote" is not "data", but it seems to me that MySpace is a wealth of user-created content primarily created by the computer illiterate (incomputerate?).
At its loosest description, email is a social network and a ton of otherwise computer illiterate people use it daily.
Well, I'm saying this but I'm not based on any data, it is just my opinion. You will find tons of computer illiterates on Facebook and MySpace. When I say tons I really mean it. Those users, based on my observations, really have a higher ad-click rate but social networks at the same time have a low click rate. When surfing those sites people are usually just "wasting" some time and they know what they are looking for: they wanna know more about life of others...
Any picture-only type website doesn't require much from the user. So I Picasa and Flickr and YouTube (and web 1.0's hotornot.com) fall within this category.
It doesn't take much to look at a picture/video and click. Or if they want to submit their own content, it isn't hard to browse, upload and submit.
It doesn't take much to look at a picture/video and click. Or if they want to submit their own content, it isn't hard to browse, upload and submit.
In my experience, when people are becoming computer literate, they get exposed to:
Webmail,
Search,
Wikipedia,
Chat Rooms,
Online Poker,
MySpace,
Facebook,
In no particular order.
I think that the mobile web would be a place to make a killing on ads once it's mainstream, no computer required.
In no particular order.
I think that the mobile web would be a place to make a killing on ads once it's mainstream, no computer required.
I think you may need to define computer literacy a little more, but I suspect most users of YouTube and various online gaming forums may qualify.
This is interesting because the ad revenue from such a site could be much greater than average as computer illiterates are more likely to click on ads (not even knowing they are ads).