I brief lesson in what content created by users may look like (or be already).

So, on monday i went to look at my friend's blog - Girlbomb.com. She is an amazing writer, and i like to see what's going on in the world through her eyes from time to time. So, she's depressed because a friend is sick... and she says she may just go an put stuff on her cat.

Huh?

well Stuff On My Cat is a link - so, because i trust Girlbomb not to waste my time, i click it.

Go ahead - follow along at home. Stuffonmycat.com

Well, it's pretty funny. (i'm a fan of the pizza boxes, the house of cards, and the cat in the ski cap...but you'll have your own). So, i show the site to my 7 year old Murray. He LOVES it. We spend 20 minutes looking at every picture... till there are no more.

Then, on Tuesday... he comes home from camp and says "Hey dad, let's look at Stuffonmycat.com" Yes, he said 'dot.com' - really.

Now at this point, someone at Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon should be concerned - because we spend another 20 minutes on the site... there are new pictures up submitted by users. And he's telling his friends.

And - for the first time in 15 years - i'm wishing i had a cat, just so that i could excersize my creativity (and competitive nature) and one-up those cat picture wanna-be's.

So here's the question - does StuffOnMyCat.com count as content? If yes - what does it mean that people are willing to contribute content for free. If no - then what is content. Interested your your POV on this...