Web Content by and for the Masses - New York Times

Here's a good New York Times article (requires free account login) about the trend toward content by and for users on the web. They mention many social software services like Flickr, del.icio.us, Technorati, and Yahoo's newly released My Web 2.0.

Some notable quotations:

"'Sharing will be everywhere,' said Jeff Weiner, a Yahoo senior vice president in charge of the company's search services. 'It's the next chapter of the World Wide Web.'"

'"We are now entering the participation age," Jonathan I. Schwartz, the president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems, said on Monday at an industry conference in San Francisco. "The really interesting thing about the network today is that individuals are starting to participate. The endpoints are starting to inform the center."'

'For [Caterina] Fake [one of the founders] of Flickr, however, the business model is still secondary. "We're creating a culture of generosity," she said.'