[miguelrochefort]

Novelty man. People will always go after the new and shiny things, even if they're just redefinitions of old ideas.

I've been spreading the merits of the semantic web for years. People just ignore it. I've never been able to tell whether the idea is flawed, or if people simply don't get it.

I regularly go as far as to claim that the lack of semantic web is the cause of all the world's problems.

[marcosdumay]

The idea is flawed.

Semantic Web expects people to do extra work, with no benefit. Create a benefit for those people, and you'll see it get done.

[miguelrochefort]

The benefit is the unifed interface.

Imagine Facebook being replaced by the semantic web.

[marcosdumay]

For the people creating content, that's a problem, not a benefit.

Yes, for the readers, if there were enough structured content available, that would be a benefit. They aren't the ones that need convincing.