It's Not Too Late To Jump Into The Social Media Pool But At Some Point It Will Be
By Tom Foremski - April 22, 2009
I come across lots of people joining Facebook for the first time, or joining Twitter. Some, should have joined a while ago because their profession needs to know about such things. And you can only know by doing, not by reading. But at least they eventually join.
I know many people, young and old, that are passionately determined never to join any social network. They are often adamant. I admire their stance but I don't understand it.
This is a chance to take part in a social experiment that is totally unique. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Friendfeed, etc, are part of a unique global experiment that involves tens of millions of people in ways that we have never experienced each other. Tell me that's not interesting, or fascinating. Tell me that's not a reason to get out of bed. It's all fresh footprints in the snow.
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Comments (4)
Snow melts....
Posted: April 23, 2009 12:38 AM
A global trend, yet so localized...
Once the novelty wears off, I think we are going to see people locking down their profiles and trying their best to make themselves invisible to the world. And many more will simply abandon their profiles.
At least this is how things played out for iloveschool.co.kr and cyworld.com, which were the two biggest social networking sites in Korea in the late 90s and early 2000s. Sure cyworld is still the biggest player there, but it relies on a small fraction of active users to generate content and drive traffic. I have no doubt Facebook is basically following the same path.
Posted: April 23, 2009 3:52 PM
pcurve: Interesting. I think you are right in that Korea could be showing us our future. If that's the case, what is hot in South Korea these days?
Posted: April 23, 2009 7:19 PM
Chris: Good point, snow melts. And then it's too late.
Posted: April 24, 2009 9:30 AM