Jan 28 2009
10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2009 - RWW
Ravit Lichtenberg at Read Write Web has a go at the coming evolution of social media.
Excerpt: Social media is morphing into a holistic experience that speaks to people’s social needs in new ways. If you are a CEO of a startup who is focusing on the next generation of social media, here are 10 areas you’ll need to take into consideration in the coming year:
1. It’s About People
2. Creating Meaning and Value
3. Enabling Convergence
4. Building a Truly Cross-Platform Experience
5. Creating Relevant Social Networks
6. Innovating in the Advertising Space
7. Helping People Organize Their “Old” Social Media Ecosystem
8. Connecting with the Rest of the US and the World
9. Preparing for New Social Media Jobs
10. Making Money
As someone always trying out these things with diminishing expectations, my take on this is that Friendfeed is very close to getting it as right as possible and some sort of cloud based integration with storage, reference, lifestreaming (such as Evernote) wouild cap the whole thing off. My big problem is the disappearance of community and personal knowledge in social media due to age rather than relevance.
