Seesmic seems to be a largely redundant startup (with excellent execution and PR): so far it has very little value for the world at large; it tries solving a problem that doesn't exist; it's not technically very impressive, nor revolutionary. I think it's mainly a great demo of the silicon valley echochamber at work, and of great PR (both in the Valley, and in Cannes last week)
You're spot on. Let's not forget that Le Meur has a lot of contacts, and a lot of weight in the Valley, and people just love to jump on these kinds of bandwagons.
Creation of needs and all that.
Not that I'm saying it should be put down to rest, just that it won't go anywhere in the mainstream. People that aren't in this horrid social media bubble just aren't looking past Facebook.
