The Montenegrin independence referendum was a referendum on the independence of the Republic of Montenegro from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro that was held on 21 May 2006.
By June 3rd of that same year Montenegro was declared an independent state. Following their declaration of independence, .me became the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Montenegro.
Did Montenegro know of the symbolism behind the .me domain?
It has been a long time since I have heard someone refer to a web page as their Personal Home Page.
I remember the days of GeoCities when this notion was popular amongst early adopters of the Internet, but the personal hompage has since been displaced by social networks (at least for the masses).
Is it possible that we will return to the Personal Homepage for the masses as a reaction to the overwhelming sea of social networks?
Perhaps people will grow tired of having too many choices when it comes to social networking, or they will grow weary of oppresive terms of service imposed by instituationalized social networks.
Perhaps people will get sick of not owning their data, and want the ability to take their data with them.
Perhaps people will begin to use tools like Google Friend Connect and build their own Dot Me page.
What do you think? Is this in the cards for the near future?