Social Me-dia, Splintered
Social Me-dia, Splintered Louisgray.com has posted a pivotal, insightful analysis of the state of social media. Read it here: social-me-me-me-me-me-media.html I cannot add anything to his message. But I also cannot hold back from echoing it in some way. Here are some highlights: Social media sites change, but people do not. The driving motivation for creating, using, reading, retweeting, and joining social media sites like Facebook, Twitter or Google Buzz is one human desire: the desire to feel important and interesting . People measure success by how much attention they receive. Yet the internet superhighway has allowed social media streams to multiply beyond quantification. The voices seeking attention vastly outnumber the the mind's ability to hear - we begin to shut down, ignore, or simply miss most of what's being shared. Louis points out that many blog posts are getting fewer and fewer comments. Tweets get no replies. Conversations lag, photos repose u...