Evolution of Social Media in 2009
But social media today is a pure mess: it has become a collection of countless features, tools, and applications fighting for a piece of the pie. Social media, in essence, is bumping up against its own ceiling, no longer able to serve the needs of those living within its walls... Lets face it, social media today is a mess. I say this with love nonetheless. Yes I love blogging, yes I admire twitter, and I appreciate LinkedIn. However with so many channels competing for my profile, I am constantly trying to keep up with friends across all the various channels just to exchanges "Hey what's up". Case in point the advent to several applications that summarized your and your friends' activities on Twitter - Friendfeed, etc. With so many social networks with so much of social media, our respective online selves are practically encroaching on multiple personality complex. If you are one who has spread yourself thin across the social media-scape or you are one who is in the business of monetizing on Social Media, readwriteweb, publishes an article, providing glimpse into the changing face of social media. It points to 10 areas of consideration:
