For example, it mentioned that WebTV fails because it misses the most important element that the Web provides - interactivity. In early November, Wired Ventures aired the premiere episode of Netizen TV, promising a new kind of television. These days, you probably learn a lot about the world and politics from watching television. Todd Lappin one of the show's hosts, asked . In the case of Netizen TV, both 1.0 and 2.0, the answer is clearly, No.
Tech TV is nothing new.
HotWired, Wired Ventures' web site, already has a fairly popular board and a chat interface . Netizen TV's first episode inspired a few people to post to the boards about the show, most of them offering criticism , some of it friendly, some of it scathing. The hosts and guests of the show never participated in the discussion, as promised. One wonders if they read any of the comments. Soon, the link to the Netizen TV site was removed from Hotwired's main Netizen page altogether.