Have You Adopted a Webjam Today?

On another stroll through the park of Web 2.0 I ran across our old friend Webjam. This social networking/aggregation site was one of our favorites late last year and appears to be chugging along nicely with tons of new users and additional fun and functionality. Webjam had just received their first round of funding when I last reported on them back in March of this year, and as I predicted the developers obviously made good use of the money. The refinement of the site is readily evident now and a cool addition earlier this month allows users to "adopt" desirable aspects or whole Webjams with a click.

Webjam's relative success is reflected in the company's philosophy, which basically asserts their interest in combining the power of replication, reputation and relevance in regard to user generated content. Their "core beliefs" define what they see as the true Web 2.0: where sharing is essential; control and respect for privacy are pivotal aspects and the dispersion of art, creation and fun is the goal. As we observed months back Webjam is simply taking the emulation principal to its obviously elevated result.

What we fundamentally want as human beings is excellence. We perceive this in many forms and across a wide spectrum of variations, but more often than not we share similar visions and attractions. Webjam allows people to grasp excellent media and style and also to share individual pieces and personal experience with the world or selected others.

The new adoption aspect I just tested at Webjam is simply excellent. With this new tool users can select single modules or entire Webjams to be copied and then arranged to the individual taste of the user. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this is the rather giving nature of the members at Webjam. I would have never thought of copying an entire space from someone else, but running across a really excellent one and adopting its style (which was keenly attuned to my own) actually seemed rather natural. Besides appearing to be something of an altruistic endeavor on the part of the person who spent all that time on the Webjam, it was just plain fun!

Utility is one of the benchmarks of Web 2.0 in my estimation, and Webjam has possessed a ton of that from the start. One thing we tend to take for granted a little bit as the year passes is just how creative and innovative individual users can be when providing their content to sites like Webjam. I know the developers there would agree that the users at Webjam have made one really impactive community with the tools provided them. Some of the "Jams" are absolutely stunning, but what is more purposeful to us all is that we can arrange, share and enjoy these bits in great chunks or tiny bites thanks to the new functionality of Webjam adoption.

Conclusion

All in one sites and massive online social communities can often leave users staggered in their complexity and noise. Webjam does not intimidate nor overwhelm the user even though the site really has twice the function of most other communities. It is great to revisit some of our favorite startups and see them doing well and headed in the right direction. Webjam still offers the clean, purposeful, fun and flexible aspects they promised from the start and my benchmark for excellence in Web 2.0 startups has always been refined incremental improvement ala Joost and etc. We anxiously await their next increment of value for users. As always, the community is wholly dependent on people like you and me so go have fun. I adopted at Webjam today, have you?

I adopted this well done Keira Knightley Webjam because, well Keira Rocks too.