Scribd. Combining old methods with new trends

While I was scrolling the internet for a document on narrowcasting i accidentily came across Scribd.com This is a new Website where you can share documents with other people. You may be wandering why this is a big deal, and you are right. It is not. The reason I have posted an article about this subject is the fact that sharing your personal files with other people almost seems to be a new trend. Because of modern applications like Youtube it is possible to reach thousands of people. I remember the quote from Andy Warhol very well. "In the future everbody will be famous for 15 minutes". Applications like Youtube makes this possibe for everyone. Scribd is a website were you can make a profile and upload documents like: PDF's word documents, .TXT's and recorded MP3's. It is a nice website for people who are interested in other people's writings and ofcourse writers themselves. Still I don't think the website attracts a large target group. Most people want to read about a certain subject and find this in blogs allover the internet. Here they can read short enthousiastic story's rather then boring long essays and they have the possibility to interact with the writer by commenting on a post. I understand the mission of scribd very well. Going along with new trends in different ways. I just don't think Scribd is going to grow to be a community site like Youtube.