Technorati (n) - the class of people who create, and are quick to adopt, new technology (I just invented this term, so if you see it somewhere else you know where it came from).
MySpace was the first social media site I had. Initially, I created
an account to read someone else's blog. Actually, it was so I could
follow my Niece's trip to France. Since then, I've created accounts for
Facebook (then closed it, then opened it again), Twitter, Google+,
LinkedIn, and probably a few others that I've forgotten about.
I
thought about starting a Tumblr or a WordPress blog, or even having my
own hosted web site, but I'm not sure what I would put on it that I
couldn't put on one of the existing social networking sites and avoid
all of the maintenance and cost of a hosted site. MySpace seems about
the most comprehensive offering of it's type; you can have your own
'page' with basic information about yourself, make 'friends' with other
people, and post a blog. Google+ gets just about everything right, but it doesn't seem like people have rushed to start using it. Twitter is great because everyone is limited to 140 characters. I wish that were true in real life.
My prediction is that all the
jumping around from one service to another will level out as people
decide how they want to use social media. There will be different
niches to accommodate the different ways people want to use it all, becoming a little less fad-driven and a little more of a
practical decision by the users. Having different options is a good
thing and no one is tied to only one option.
I'm counting on
MySpace to be around for a while so future generations can go back and
look at my blog posts and say "Wow, he was really ahead of his time.
Too bad he wasn't recognized for the genius he was during his lifetime!" But just in case, I'm posting this here, too.
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