Monday, May 10, 2010

Is social media a fad?

Well the answer to this question I guess lies in the facts or rather more specifically in the stats.

It's cold out and the perfect time for people to hide out behind their computers. I spend a lot of time behind the computer but not so much on social networking sites. As much as I have resisted the social networking arena I find myself having to engage or risk becoming and outcast or even more depressingly...redundant. These kinds of videos are becoming more commonplace and it shows what an amazing marketplace social networking sites have become. I got this one off facebook. I guess what keeps one coming back is directly related to how much value to you actually get out of it. Moreover, it becomes habitual. Anyway here's the video...

2 comments:

  1. Powerful stuff I must say. Never knew social networking is that vast. This video blew my mind!

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  2. Its a nice post. Social networking to me seems like something that attracts everybody and it kind of have a very bigger positive side than its negative.
    For example social networking (such as FACEBOOK can reunite friends that have seen each other for very long time)
    As for me i see social networking as a fad.

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