I loved a recent post on TechCrunch, which explores the Web 2.0 phenomenon and human laziness… and what should logically happen when these two are thrown into the same e-pot… I’ve been experimenting and trying to build good communities for the past 4-5 years and almost always it is waning use and interest that dictates the demise of communities, no matter how well-meaning and how “cool”.

Right now, the bubble that the Web exists in is not so much a financial bubble as it is a time bubble. There is still a novelty for a lot of people associated with finding friends on social networking sites, Digging their favorite stories, updating articles about the history of pinball, and leaving comments on their favorite blogs. But that will wear off. People will revert back to the things they used to do: like Minesweeper and work. And without millions of generous mouse-clickers, most of Web 2.0 is weakened, if not entirely useless (TechCrunch).

So, given the fact that “Web 2.0″ is mostly user-driven, just how useful and how lively will this phenomenon remain? Will it be the greatest thing known to the human information age (till someone thinks Web 3.0 deserves better PR) or will it become a collection of mostly meaningless and outdated garbage… this remains to be seen.