Whenever I get asked what my favorite book is, I always reply The Pirates Dilemma.
The book tells the story of punk, disco, hip-hop, graffiti, and how modern technology has made the ideas and innovations of youth culture increasingly intimate and increasingly global at the same time.
It’s truly fascinating.
And when you look back, you can see the origins of the current social media revolution can be traced as far back as the 70’s (if not even further).
Back in the 70’s punk was the start of a revolution. Now, the only things that have changed are the platforms and the ease at which we can connect and create.
Here’s the history of social media: how it all started, why Facebook rose to #1 (and why it might not stay that way) and some bold predictions on where it’s all heading.
Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Internet)David Gillespie
This is a collection of thoughts around where we are right now in the history of the Internet. I believe we're getting ahead of ourselves, confusing the growth of the Internet with it growing up, but I also believe we're doing some amazing things, and can draw a few lines in the sand, making some solid guesses on where we are going.
I hope you enjoy =]
David
The document discusses the current state of social media. Some key points made include:
- Social media usage and content sharing have grown dramatically in recent years, with billions of minutes spent on Facebook and videos/images uploaded daily.
- Major brands and organizations have increasingly adopted social media strategies in their marketing.
- Social media has leveled the playing field, allowing individuals and groups to connect and organize in new ways. Events like political protests in Iran have been amplified through social media.
The document discusses the growth and impact of social media. Some key points made include:
- Social media usage, especially on platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr has grown tremendously in recent years in terms of time spent, content shared, and number of users.
- Many large brands and organizations, including governments and the military, are actively using social media for marketing, outreach, and sharing information.
- Younger generations are leading the transition to digital and social media usage that will continue to shape future media habits.
This document provides a timeline of major social networking sites from 1985 to 2011, beginning with The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link and continuing through sites like Geocities, Classmates.com, SixDegrees, Cyworld, Friendster, Myspace, LinkedIn, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, and Google social networking attempts. It traces the evolution of social networking from early online communities to the widespread popularity and integration into daily life of modern full-featured social media platforms used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
Assignment 10 group coursework presentation of research part 1.0Abc Abc
Our engagement with social media, specifically video sites like YouTube, has progressed in several ways. Individuals are increasingly using sites like YouTube to gain popularity and success through sharing their talents and personalities. Popular YouTube personalities like Lauren Luke have gained millions of subscribers and leveraged their online success into professional careers and opportunities in traditional media. Additionally, brands regularly partner with popular internet stars to advertise to their large engaged audiences. This shows how social media progression enables both individuals and companies to find new avenues of success.
1. Corey McPherson Nash discussed using social media to engage audiences by first understanding who the target audiences are and what goals and strategies will be used.
2. They recommend having authentic conversations to strengthen current audiences and engage new ones by providing remarkable content for people to discuss.
3. Organizations should monitor social media to understand their brand perception and engage with audiences by asking questions and facilitating discussions in a way that fits their culture.
Assignment 10 group coursework presentation of research part 1.0ksumbland
Our engagement with social media, specifically video sites like YouTube, has progressed in several ways. Individuals are increasingly using sites like YouTube to gain popularity and success through sharing their talents and personalities. Popular YouTube personalities like Lauren Luke have seen their audiences and careers grow significantly. They are now featured in traditional media like television and have partnered with major brands. Additionally, social media and video sharing allows anyone to potentially go viral and become famous overnight, leading more people to try and seek success through online video platforms. This engagement and progression has changed how entertainment is created and consumed.
Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and initially launched at Harvard University. It quickly expanded to other universities and incorporated as a company in 2004. Throughout the 2000s, Facebook grew rapidly in users and revenue, reaching over 350 million users by 2009. However, competing social networks like MySpace struggled as Facebook focused more on the user experience rather than monetization, maintaining a consistent interface across the site that was easy for all users. MySpace's heavy advertising and complicated customization alienated users and contributed to its decline while Facebook continued growing into the dominant social media platform.
Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Internet)David Gillespie
This is a collection of thoughts around where we are right now in the history of the Internet. I believe we're getting ahead of ourselves, confusing the growth of the Internet with it growing up, but I also believe we're doing some amazing things, and can draw a few lines in the sand, making some solid guesses on where we are going.
I hope you enjoy =]
David
The document discusses the current state of social media. Some key points made include:
- Social media usage and content sharing have grown dramatically in recent years, with billions of minutes spent on Facebook and videos/images uploaded daily.
- Major brands and organizations have increasingly adopted social media strategies in their marketing.
- Social media has leveled the playing field, allowing individuals and groups to connect and organize in new ways. Events like political protests in Iran have been amplified through social media.
The document discusses the growth and impact of social media. Some key points made include:
- Social media usage, especially on platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr has grown tremendously in recent years in terms of time spent, content shared, and number of users.
- Many large brands and organizations, including governments and the military, are actively using social media for marketing, outreach, and sharing information.
- Younger generations are leading the transition to digital and social media usage that will continue to shape future media habits.
This document provides a timeline of major social networking sites from 1985 to 2011, beginning with The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link and continuing through sites like Geocities, Classmates.com, SixDegrees, Cyworld, Friendster, Myspace, LinkedIn, Facebook, Bebo, Twitter, and Google social networking attempts. It traces the evolution of social networking from early online communities to the widespread popularity and integration into daily life of modern full-featured social media platforms used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
Assignment 10 group coursework presentation of research part 1.0Abc Abc
Our engagement with social media, specifically video sites like YouTube, has progressed in several ways. Individuals are increasingly using sites like YouTube to gain popularity and success through sharing their talents and personalities. Popular YouTube personalities like Lauren Luke have gained millions of subscribers and leveraged their online success into professional careers and opportunities in traditional media. Additionally, brands regularly partner with popular internet stars to advertise to their large engaged audiences. This shows how social media progression enables both individuals and companies to find new avenues of success.
1. Corey McPherson Nash discussed using social media to engage audiences by first understanding who the target audiences are and what goals and strategies will be used.
2. They recommend having authentic conversations to strengthen current audiences and engage new ones by providing remarkable content for people to discuss.
3. Organizations should monitor social media to understand their brand perception and engage with audiences by asking questions and facilitating discussions in a way that fits their culture.
Assignment 10 group coursework presentation of research part 1.0ksumbland
Our engagement with social media, specifically video sites like YouTube, has progressed in several ways. Individuals are increasingly using sites like YouTube to gain popularity and success through sharing their talents and personalities. Popular YouTube personalities like Lauren Luke have seen their audiences and careers grow significantly. They are now featured in traditional media like television and have partnered with major brands. Additionally, social media and video sharing allows anyone to potentially go viral and become famous overnight, leading more people to try and seek success through online video platforms. This engagement and progression has changed how entertainment is created and consumed.
Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and initially launched at Harvard University. It quickly expanded to other universities and incorporated as a company in 2004. Throughout the 2000s, Facebook grew rapidly in users and revenue, reaching over 350 million users by 2009. However, competing social networks like MySpace struggled as Facebook focused more on the user experience rather than monetization, maintaining a consistent interface across the site that was easy for all users. MySpace's heavy advertising and complicated customization alienated users and contributed to its decline while Facebook continued growing into the dominant social media platform.
Social media refers to websites and apps that allow users to create and share content or participate in social networking. Some of the most popular social media sites include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vine, Snapchat, Reddit, Flickr, and Kik. Each has its own niche, such as Facebook for general social networking, LinkedIn for professional networking, YouTube and Vine for sharing videos, Instagram and Pinterest for sharing photos, and Snapchat, Kik and Tumblr for messaging and sharing content with friends. The history of social media began in the 1970s with early message boards and networking sites and grew exponentially with the commercialization of the internet and launch of major sites
Youth Communication and Privacy in the Social Media AgeNathan Wright
"Youth Communication and Privacy in the Social Media Age" presentation given at the American Library Association's youth privacy conference in Chicago on March 24, 2011.
Mark Zuckerberg was born in 1984 in White Plains, New York to a Jewish-American family. He attended Harvard University where he created the social network Facebook in 2004 from his dorm room. Facebook has since grown to become one of the largest social media platforms in the world, with over 2 billion monthly active users. Zuckerberg's leadership and innovations such as the News Feed, Timeline, and Graph Search have helped Facebook evolve over the years. While Facebook has faced some criticism around privacy and data usage, it has also positively impacted how people connect and share information globally.
Assignment 10 group coursework presentation of researchksumbland
This document discusses the topic of whether engagement with social media has progressed. It covers several areas related to online dating as an example, including how it has become more accepted over time as more people use dating sites and apps. The businesses behind online dating have grown significantly in revenue. Social news websites are also discussed as having progressed due to increased user interaction enabled by technologies like web 2.0. Both online dating and social news sites rely heavily on sharing through social media platforms to spread content and stories.
Assignment 10 group coursework presentation of research part 1.0ksumbland
This document discusses the topic of whether engagement with social media has progressed. It covers several areas related to online dating as an example, including how it has become more accepted over time as more people use dating sites and apps. Business revenues for online dating have increased significantly in recent years. Social news websites are also discussed as having progressed due to increased user interaction and engagement across social media. Examples of popular social news sites like Reddit and Slashdot are provided.
Assignment 10 group coursework presentation of research part 1.0ksumbland
This document discusses the topic of whether engagement with social media has progressed. It covers several areas related to online dating as an example, including how it has become more accepted over time as more people use dating sites and apps. Business revenues for online dating have increased significantly in recent years. Social news websites are also discussed as having progressed due to increased user interaction and engagement across social media. Primary research on opinions of dating site usage is presented, showing a mix of views. Pros and cons of online dating are mentioned but not detailed.
This document provides an overview of social media and why companies should engage with it. In 3 sentences: It discusses how social media usage has grown tremendously, with billions of users worldwide spending significant time on sites like Facebook and YouTube. While many companies have a social media presence, most do not truly engage with customers and communities through two-way conversations. The document argues that for companies to truly benefit from social media, they need to define a strategic approach focused on conversations rather than one-way marketing and be willing to listen to and engage with customers.
Unleashing The Tribe: small passionate communitiesEwan McIntosh
25 minutes on the moves in the 'real world' and how they have an impact on learning.
Made at the Tipperary Institute's Education futures event.
May 2008
More on my blog: http://edu.blogs.com
and contact details on my website: http://www.ewanmcintosh.com
Mark Zuckerberg and his Leadership QualtiesVatsal Mehta
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Facebook. He developed the precursor to Facebook called "Facemash" while studying at Harvard University and later launched Facebook from his dorm room in 2004. Facebook has since grown to over 2 billion users worldwide. Zuckerberg turned down acquisition offers from Microsoft and Yahoo and has a current net worth of $34.8 billion as one of the youngest self-made billionaires. He remains focused on growing Facebook and using his wealth and platform to promote education reform initiatives.
The document provides advice on how companies should approach social media. It emphasizes that social media is about conversations, not just campaigns. It advises companies to listen to customers and engage with them in social media, and to measure engagement and loyalty metrics. The document stresses that social media will not fix problems like a poor product or poor customer service. It concludes by reminding companies to listen, engage, and measure their social media efforts.
The document discusses the history and rise of social networking sites from SixDegrees.com in 1997 to the current dominance of Facebook. It notes that early social networking sites in the late 1990s allowed users to create profiles and connect with friends. By the 2000s, sites like Friendster, MySpace and Facebook launched and gained popularity among different age groups. The document attributes Facebook's success to its large user base growth rate, with over 100 million users in 2009 and increasing popularity among older age groups. In conclusion, it states that while technology may not replace face-to-face communication, it can help expand social connections over distance.
Independent study--Social Media and Group DynamicsJared Laswell
This document provides an overview of social media and group dynamics. It begins by defining social media and discussing some of the major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. It then explores how people communicate interpersonally on social media through features like status updates, direct messages, hashtags and more. The document also provides background on group dynamics and interpersonal communication. Finally, it compares and contrasts how group dynamics and social media impact each other, noting how social media has both been influenced by and influenced traditional group dynamics and communication.
A brief history of social media revisedLeanne Peard
The document provides a brief history of social media:
- Early social networks existed on phone lines in the 1970s through services like "Phreaking" which allowed users to interact over phone lines.
- Bulletin board systems in the 1970s allowed users to interact online, but not simultaneously as only one user could access the system at a time.
- Services in the 1980s like Prodigy, CompuServe, and Genie offered early forms of online chat and messaging.
- AOL popularized internet access and usage grew rapidly in the 1990s, paving the way for social media.
- Early social media sites included dating sites of the 1990s where users could create profiles, and Six
Social networking has evolved significantly from early platforms like CompuServe and AOL to today's major sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The presentation traces the history and growth of social networking, highlighting both benefits like staying connected with others and risks involving privacy and identity theft. It also lists popular current social media sites and discusses issues of protecting personal information online through privacy settings.
This document provides an overview of social networking including its history and evolution over time. It discusses early social networking platforms from the 1970s through the 1990s like CompuServe, AOL, Classmates, and Friendster. Popular current sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are also examined. Both the pros and cons of social networking are outlined related to privacy, identity theft, and viruses. Statistics on social networking usage in Canada are presented. The conclusion reiterates that social networking has changed culture and brought people together globally online.
Insights: Interviews on the Future of Social Media - Edited by Anil Dash & Gi...Brian Solis
This book was created as an exclusive reward for backers
of ThinkUp in the fall of 2013. The interviews
documented here took place over the span of several
months, but have been edited as lightly as possible to
best capture the energy and inspiration of the
interviewees.
The book’s first goal is to help members get more value out of using ThinkUp. More deeply, we hope these interviews reveal the thought involved in creating technology that is meaningful, built on ideas thatemerge over years or even decades of work.
1) The document traces the history of social media from its pre-internet infrastructure beginnings in the 1950s-60s to the emergence of current social media platforms.
2) Early networks in the 1980s-90s like The WELL and AOL introduced elements we now associate with social media like profiles, online communities, and messaging.
3) Modern platforms like Friendster, Myspace, and Facebook built on these foundations and incorporated new elements like photo sharing and extensive social networks.
4) Future social media may involve seamless sharing of our daily lives and activities through connected devices and an eroding of privacy.
Social networking services allow people to build social networks or social relationships online. Major social networking sites include Facebook, founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, and Twitter, founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey. These sites allow users to share information, photos, and updates with their friends and connections. Social networks have become an important platform for organizing and sharing information rapidly.
This document provides an overview of several popular social media platforms, including their key features and statistics. It discusses Twitter, noting that it allows users to post short messages called tweets. It outlines Facebook's core features of user profiles and connections between friends. Usage statistics for Facebook in Hungary are presented. Foursquare is described as a location-based social app where users check-in at venues. YouTube is summarized as a video sharing site where users can upload, view and share videos. FarmVille is characterized as a social farming game on Facebook. Wikipedia is defined as a free, collaborative online encyclopedia. Flickr is noted as an image and video hosting site. In closing, the document states there are many other social media services beyond
Social media has evolved significantly since its beginnings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some of the major milestones in the history of social media include the creation of the first email in 1971, the introduction of the World Wide Web in 1989, the launch of the first social network called Six Degrees in 1997, the founding of LinkedIn and Facebook in 2003 and 2004 respectively, the launch of YouTube and Twitter in 2005 and 2006, and social media becoming a dominant form of communication and information sharing by 2011 with approximately 84% of people age 15 and older participating.
Social media refers to websites and apps that allow users to create and share content or participate in social networking. Some of the most popular social media sites include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vine, Snapchat, Reddit, Flickr, and Kik. Each has its own niche, such as Facebook for general social networking, LinkedIn for professional networking, YouTube and Vine for sharing videos, Instagram and Pinterest for sharing photos, and Snapchat, Kik and Tumblr for messaging and sharing content with friends. The history of social media began in the 1970s with early message boards and networking sites and grew exponentially with the commercialization of the internet and launch of major sites
Youth Communication and Privacy in the Social Media AgeNathan Wright
"Youth Communication and Privacy in the Social Media Age" presentation given at the American Library Association's youth privacy conference in Chicago on March 24, 2011.
Mark Zuckerberg was born in 1984 in White Plains, New York to a Jewish-American family. He attended Harvard University where he created the social network Facebook in 2004 from his dorm room. Facebook has since grown to become one of the largest social media platforms in the world, with over 2 billion monthly active users. Zuckerberg's leadership and innovations such as the News Feed, Timeline, and Graph Search have helped Facebook evolve over the years. While Facebook has faced some criticism around privacy and data usage, it has also positively impacted how people connect and share information globally.
Assignment 10 group coursework presentation of researchksumbland
This document discusses the topic of whether engagement with social media has progressed. It covers several areas related to online dating as an example, including how it has become more accepted over time as more people use dating sites and apps. The businesses behind online dating have grown significantly in revenue. Social news websites are also discussed as having progressed due to increased user interaction enabled by technologies like web 2.0. Both online dating and social news sites rely heavily on sharing through social media platforms to spread content and stories.
Assignment 10 group coursework presentation of research part 1.0ksumbland
This document discusses the topic of whether engagement with social media has progressed. It covers several areas related to online dating as an example, including how it has become more accepted over time as more people use dating sites and apps. Business revenues for online dating have increased significantly in recent years. Social news websites are also discussed as having progressed due to increased user interaction and engagement across social media. Examples of popular social news sites like Reddit and Slashdot are provided.
Assignment 10 group coursework presentation of research part 1.0ksumbland
This document discusses the topic of whether engagement with social media has progressed. It covers several areas related to online dating as an example, including how it has become more accepted over time as more people use dating sites and apps. Business revenues for online dating have increased significantly in recent years. Social news websites are also discussed as having progressed due to increased user interaction and engagement across social media. Primary research on opinions of dating site usage is presented, showing a mix of views. Pros and cons of online dating are mentioned but not detailed.
This document provides an overview of social media and why companies should engage with it. In 3 sentences: It discusses how social media usage has grown tremendously, with billions of users worldwide spending significant time on sites like Facebook and YouTube. While many companies have a social media presence, most do not truly engage with customers and communities through two-way conversations. The document argues that for companies to truly benefit from social media, they need to define a strategic approach focused on conversations rather than one-way marketing and be willing to listen to and engage with customers.
Unleashing The Tribe: small passionate communitiesEwan McIntosh
25 minutes on the moves in the 'real world' and how they have an impact on learning.
Made at the Tipperary Institute's Education futures event.
May 2008
More on my blog: http://edu.blogs.com
and contact details on my website: http://www.ewanmcintosh.com
Mark Zuckerberg and his Leadership QualtiesVatsal Mehta
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Facebook. He developed the precursor to Facebook called "Facemash" while studying at Harvard University and later launched Facebook from his dorm room in 2004. Facebook has since grown to over 2 billion users worldwide. Zuckerberg turned down acquisition offers from Microsoft and Yahoo and has a current net worth of $34.8 billion as one of the youngest self-made billionaires. He remains focused on growing Facebook and using his wealth and platform to promote education reform initiatives.
The document provides advice on how companies should approach social media. It emphasizes that social media is about conversations, not just campaigns. It advises companies to listen to customers and engage with them in social media, and to measure engagement and loyalty metrics. The document stresses that social media will not fix problems like a poor product or poor customer service. It concludes by reminding companies to listen, engage, and measure their social media efforts.
The document discusses the history and rise of social networking sites from SixDegrees.com in 1997 to the current dominance of Facebook. It notes that early social networking sites in the late 1990s allowed users to create profiles and connect with friends. By the 2000s, sites like Friendster, MySpace and Facebook launched and gained popularity among different age groups. The document attributes Facebook's success to its large user base growth rate, with over 100 million users in 2009 and increasing popularity among older age groups. In conclusion, it states that while technology may not replace face-to-face communication, it can help expand social connections over distance.
Independent study--Social Media and Group DynamicsJared Laswell
This document provides an overview of social media and group dynamics. It begins by defining social media and discussing some of the major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. It then explores how people communicate interpersonally on social media through features like status updates, direct messages, hashtags and more. The document also provides background on group dynamics and interpersonal communication. Finally, it compares and contrasts how group dynamics and social media impact each other, noting how social media has both been influenced by and influenced traditional group dynamics and communication.
A brief history of social media revisedLeanne Peard
The document provides a brief history of social media:
- Early social networks existed on phone lines in the 1970s through services like "Phreaking" which allowed users to interact over phone lines.
- Bulletin board systems in the 1970s allowed users to interact online, but not simultaneously as only one user could access the system at a time.
- Services in the 1980s like Prodigy, CompuServe, and Genie offered early forms of online chat and messaging.
- AOL popularized internet access and usage grew rapidly in the 1990s, paving the way for social media.
- Early social media sites included dating sites of the 1990s where users could create profiles, and Six
Social networking has evolved significantly from early platforms like CompuServe and AOL to today's major sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The presentation traces the history and growth of social networking, highlighting both benefits like staying connected with others and risks involving privacy and identity theft. It also lists popular current social media sites and discusses issues of protecting personal information online through privacy settings.
This document provides an overview of social networking including its history and evolution over time. It discusses early social networking platforms from the 1970s through the 1990s like CompuServe, AOL, Classmates, and Friendster. Popular current sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are also examined. Both the pros and cons of social networking are outlined related to privacy, identity theft, and viruses. Statistics on social networking usage in Canada are presented. The conclusion reiterates that social networking has changed culture and brought people together globally online.
Insights: Interviews on the Future of Social Media - Edited by Anil Dash & Gi...Brian Solis
This book was created as an exclusive reward for backers
of ThinkUp in the fall of 2013. The interviews
documented here took place over the span of several
months, but have been edited as lightly as possible to
best capture the energy and inspiration of the
interviewees.
The book’s first goal is to help members get more value out of using ThinkUp. More deeply, we hope these interviews reveal the thought involved in creating technology that is meaningful, built on ideas thatemerge over years or even decades of work.
1) The document traces the history of social media from its pre-internet infrastructure beginnings in the 1950s-60s to the emergence of current social media platforms.
2) Early networks in the 1980s-90s like The WELL and AOL introduced elements we now associate with social media like profiles, online communities, and messaging.
3) Modern platforms like Friendster, Myspace, and Facebook built on these foundations and incorporated new elements like photo sharing and extensive social networks.
4) Future social media may involve seamless sharing of our daily lives and activities through connected devices and an eroding of privacy.
Social networking services allow people to build social networks or social relationships online. Major social networking sites include Facebook, founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, and Twitter, founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey. These sites allow users to share information, photos, and updates with their friends and connections. Social networks have become an important platform for organizing and sharing information rapidly.
This document provides an overview of several popular social media platforms, including their key features and statistics. It discusses Twitter, noting that it allows users to post short messages called tweets. It outlines Facebook's core features of user profiles and connections between friends. Usage statistics for Facebook in Hungary are presented. Foursquare is described as a location-based social app where users check-in at venues. YouTube is summarized as a video sharing site where users can upload, view and share videos. FarmVille is characterized as a social farming game on Facebook. Wikipedia is defined as a free, collaborative online encyclopedia. Flickr is noted as an image and video hosting site. In closing, the document states there are many other social media services beyond
Social media has evolved significantly since its beginnings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some of the major milestones in the history of social media include the creation of the first email in 1971, the introduction of the World Wide Web in 1989, the launch of the first social network called Six Degrees in 1997, the founding of LinkedIn and Facebook in 2003 and 2004 respectively, the launch of YouTube and Twitter in 2005 and 2006, and social media becoming a dominant form of communication and information sharing by 2011 with approximately 84% of people age 15 and older participating.
Social media has evolved significantly since its beginnings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some of the major milestones in the history of social media include the creation of the first email in 1971, the introduction of the World Wide Web in 1989, the launch of the first social network called Six Degrees in 1997, the founding of LinkedIn and Facebook in 2003 and 2004 respectively, the launch of YouTube and Twitter in 2005 and 2006, and social media becoming a dominant form of communication and information sharing by 2011 with approximately 84% of people age 15 and older participating.
The document discusses social networks and compares MySpace and Facebook. It asks several questions:
1) What was the idea behind creating MySpace? The goal was to establish a visual and customizable social network to connect people and share content.
2) How does Facebook differ from MySpace? Facebook focuses on real identities and self-promotion between friends, while MySpace emphasizes fantasized identities and customizing public profiles.
3) Have you used MySpace/Facebook? The group has only used Facebook, finding it a good way to reconnect with friends and others of similar interests.
4) Will Twitter overtake Facebook in the UAE? Twitter may surpass Facebook because it allows open information sharing, unlike
The document discusses social networks and compares MySpace and Facebook. It asks several questions:
1) What was the idea behind creating MySpace? The goal was to establish a visual and customizable social network to connect people and share content.
2) How does Facebook differ from MySpace? Facebook focuses on real identities and self-promotion between friends, while MySpace emphasizes fantasized identities and customizing public profiles.
3) Have you used MySpace/Facebook? The group has only used Facebook, finding it a good way to reconnect with friends and others of similar interests.
4) Will Twitter overtake Facebook in the UAE? Twitter may surpass Facebook because it allows sharing with everyone, not
Social networking has become a major trend on the web, with hundreds of millions of people participating. While connecting socially online is not new, the scale at which people are forming public social connections on sites like Facebook is unprecedented. Social networking sites allow users to create profiles, connect with friends, share photos and videos, join groups, and interact in various ways. These sites have also expanded to mobile platforms, allowing social networking to extend into the real world through people's phones. Social networking is no longer just for youth, as the median age of users on sites like Facebook has risen to over 25 years old.
The document discusses various forms of social media including social networks, blogs, wikis, podcasts, forums, content communities, and microblogging. It describes how each form works, providing examples. Key points include how social networks allow users to connect with friends and share content, how blogs are online journals that are easy to set up, and how wikis permit collaborative editing of content like Wikipedia. The document also explores how these various social media influence consumer purchase decisions through word-of-mouth and social influence marketing.
The document discusses various forms of social media including social networks, blogs, wikis, podcasts, forums, content communities, and microblogging. It describes how each form works, providing examples. It discusses how social networks like MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn allow users to connect with others and build profiles. It also covers how blogs, wikis, and podcasts operate and how users can participate in them. The document aims to explain the basic functions and operations of the major types of social media.
An insight into the digital communication age of today. Social networking sites are embodied by several technological applications that shape them. See why social networking has become such a major part of our lives.
The document discusses social media and provides an overview of Twitter and Facebook. It defines social media as online conversations and interactions between people. Twitter is described as a microblogging service that allows users to send and read short messages called tweets. Statistics are provided on the growth of Twitter usage. Facebook is summarized as a social network that allows users to create profiles, connect with friends, and join interest groups.
Blogs, podcasts, social networking sites, and virtual worlds were discussed as popular social media platforms currently and may evolve in the future. Blogs like Huffington Post and TMZ had millions of monthly visitors. Podcast Alley contained 90,000 podcasts across genres. Facebook had 700 million monthly visitors, focusing on photo sharing, while Myspace had 80 million focusing on music. World of Warcraft had over 11 million subscribers interacting in a virtual world. Twitter may become a new blogging platform, while sites may aggregate content and merge features through personalization.
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Social Media Marketing Future Predictions
1. Social Media Marketing Future Predictions http://withDrDavid.com
Whenever I get asked what my favorite book is, I always reply The Pirates Dilemma.
The book tells the story of punk, disco, hip-hop, graffiti, and how modern technology has made the
ideas and innovations of youth culture increasingly intimate and increasingly global at the same
time.
It’s truly fascinating.
And when you look back, you can see the origins of the current social media revolution can be
traced as far back as the 70’s (if not even further).
Back in the 70’s punk was the start of a revolution. Now, the only things that have changed are the
platforms and the ease at which we can connect and create.
Here’s the history of social media: how it all started, why Facebook rose to #1 (and why it might not
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Let’s dig in.
First things first, why I had to write this
I really want you to get value from this article, I have to be honest, though, its creation wasn’t
entirely selfless. At Buffer we’re always looking for “what’s next.”
Over the past 12 months we’ve lost half of our social referral traffic. And we’ve started looking deep
within ourselves to figure out how to stay at the top of our game.
Every single day I take notes and write about social media marketing, but I don’t put enough time
aside to reflect on how it’s all changing, where it’s heading and what that means for me personally
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3. as a marketer and for our whole team at Buffer.
This post is an exploration of social media. A reflection on how it all came to be and a way to
formulate some ideas on where it’s all going.
I hope you find some value in this post and I’d love to hear your thoughts in the
comments.
A brief history of social media (the stuff you
probably didn’t already know)
You might have seen David Fincher’s 2010 film ‘The Social Network’ which tells the story of
Facebook, or read about how The Facebook was born out of a dorm room at Harvard University.
And it’d be easy to believe that is where social media started.
However, while Facebook has risen to the top and become the World’s #1 social network, the sparks
of the social media revolution started flying long before Mark Zuckerburg even started college.
The start of a revolution
The Pirates Dilemma starts with focus on a quote from punk fanzine with a diagram showing three
finger positions on the neck of a guitar with the caption:
“Here’s one chord, this is another, here’s a third, now form your own band.”
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4. The punk movement made the barriers to music creation lower and inspired a generation of rebels
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5. and creators to do it for themselves.
And culturally, it started to blur the lines between broadcaster and consumer (something that is
now at the forefront of society — everyone can create and broadcast content).
What started out in punk, moved to Disco where DJ’s in NYC would mix together tapes to create
their own music, then to Hip-Hop and so on. Social media is a natural evolution of these
subcultures, born out of people’s innate desire to connect and create.
Dave Allen—the original bassist for post-punk band Gang of Four and digital strategist explains
further at Fast Company:
The punk rock ethos allows anyone to pick up an instrument and pound on it and put themselves
out there. We had something to say and we found a way to say it. Today you can have something
to say online and that is punk rock, your instrument can be your computer.
Just like disco and hip-hop, social media has now reached and influenced mainstream pop culture.
And though social media has grown incredibly fast, it didn’t happen overnight.
The first ‘social network’
Social media has been evolving since the invention of the Internet. From the first email in 1971 and
Usenet in 1979 to GeoCities allowing everyone to set up their own personal homepage in 1995.
However, Six Degrees is widely considered to be the first social network.
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6. According to Wikipedia:
It was named after the six degrees of separation concept and allowed users to list friends, family
members and acquaintances both on the site and externally; external contacts were invited to join
the site. Users could send messages and post bulletin board items to people in their first, second,
and third degrees, and see their connection to any other user on the site.
Six Degrees launched in 1997 and grew to around 3,500,000 registered users and was sold to
YouthStream Media Networks in 1999 for $125 million.
So why aren’t we using Six Degrees today?
At lot of it has to do with timing. In 1997, the Internet’s infrastructure wasn’t really ready for social
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7. networking and while the site had millions of registered users, growth was limited due to the lack
of people connected to the Internet.
The evolution of social media
Six Degrees was followed by social networking sites based on the “social-circles network model.” A
slightly different approach than the “Six degrees of separation” model .
Instead of connecting with people you see as first, second or third degree connections. Social circle
networks allow you to connect with anyone you know, whether they’re best friends or
acquaintances.
To highlight how social media has evolved, let’s take a look at a few of the seminal platforms that
helped the social media phenomenon take off.
Friendster
Friendster was founded in 2002 and at its peak had more than 100 million users. Sadly, after many
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8. struggles to re-invent itself, Friendster’s doors closed on June 14, 2015.
The site was many people’s intro to online social networking, but like many before and after, the
network failed to become a part of users’ daily routine and ultimately people skipped off when
newer, shinier social networks emerged.
Myspace
From 2005 until 2008, Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world, and in June 2006
surpassed Google as the most visited website in the United States.
Facebook overtook Myspace in May 2008 and since then the platform has been playing catch-up
and trying to re-invent itself.
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9. What kills a social network
There are hundreds, if not thousands of reasons that social networks decline. The Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology studied networks like Friendster and Myspace with the goal of figuring out
what kills a social network.
As explained over at Wired:
They found that when the time and effort (the costs) associated with being a member of a social
network outweigh the benefits, then a decline in users becomes likely. If one person leaves, their
friends become more likely to leave and as more people leave, this can lead to a cascading collapse
in membership.
While networks like Friendster and Myspace had tens, and eventually hundreds, of millions of
registered users the bonds between users weren’t particularly strong. Many users had very few
connections and as such felt looser affiliation with the networks.
On the decline of a network, David Garcia, a professor with the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology explains:
“First the users in the outer cores start to leave, lowering the benefits of inner cores, cascading
through the network towards the core users, and thus unraveling.”
You can see how a social network unravels in the below graphic (Friendster is used in the image):
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10. This shows that it takes more than just a large user base to build a social network. Strong social
networks are made up on strongly linked people, not large groups of strangers and acquaintances.
Why Facebook became the #1 social network in
the World
“The world had been trained by MySpace that social networking was interesting, but the actual
product had been perfected by Facebook.” — Mike Jones, former MySpace CEO
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11. Facebook has risen to the top of the social media world with ~ 1.49 billion monthly active users.
You could write a book on how Facebook has grown to become the most dominant social network
of our time, but I’m going to try and summarise its meteoric rise in just a few bullets points.
Being real
Facebook was the first social network that encouraged you to use your real name instead of a
nickname or pseudonym as Mike Jones explains:
MySpace put up barriers to user enjoyment by forcing members to use anonymous pseudonyms
in place of their real identities. Facebook, on the other hand, encouraged members to actually use
their real names; once this behavior was ingrained in the public, and people saw that it wasn’t the
huge risk it was made out to be, Facebook took off and never looked back. This significant
difference between the two social networking sites proved to be a huge game changer in the two
companies’ experiences.
Willingness to change
During Facebook’s rise they adopted the mantra “move fast and break things.” Putting this belief
into action is a huge reason why Facebook rose above their competition.
Facebook has never stood still and they’ve never been afraid to make bold changes to their
platform.
Here’s a chart showing some of their major updates between 2004-2012:
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•September 2004: The Wall, allows users and their friends to post and share content to each
others’ profiles.
•September 2006: Newsfeed is introduced – now users can see what their friends are doing on
Facebook.
•January 2012: The timeline style profile is launched for all users.
Introducing the Newsfeed
The Facebook Newsfeed has been a key part of their success. On early social networks (and
Facebook before the Newsfeed introduction), you had to go off in search of content from
connections.
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13. The Newsfeed put your friends’ content, updates and discussions front and center, giving Facebook
a truly social feel.
Understanding the importance of strong connections
A little earlier we discussed the importance of connections on social networks and this is something
that Facebook has focused on heavily as Alex Schultz explained in his Ycombinator lecture on
growth:
Zuckerberg talked at Y Combinator about getting people to 10 friends in 14 days; that is why we
focus on this metric. The number one most important thing in a social media site is connecting to
your friends, because without that, you have a completely empty newsfeed, and clearly you’re not
going to come back; you’ll never get any notifications, and you’ll never get any friends telling
you about things they are missing on the site.
Where is all this heading?
“It’s never the end game. Facebook is now a platform upon which all kinds of applications are
being built it’s definitely not it. It would be incredibly presumptuous and self-serving of me to
believe that Facebook was the end of history. The only way it could possibly be the end of history
is if it becomes some sort of artificial super intelligence that takes over the world.”
— Sean Parker
During Myspace’s heydey, no-one outside of a certain Harvard dorm room would have predicted
Facebook, just as Facebook didn’t see Snapchat coming and again changing the way millions of
people connect with each other.
Facebook has reached the highest of highs, and much like a fighting World Champion boxer, they
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Although the future of social media is uncertain, here’s my best go at predicting what’s coming next.
Four predictions on the future of social media
Greater focus on personality
One of the reasons Facebook beat out Myspace was that it was the first network that allowed us to
be ourselves (by using our real names) and as it evolves, social media will continue to become more
personal.
As Beme co-founder and filmmaker Casey Neistat explains:
“Social media, it’s supposed to be a digital or virtual version or who we are as people. Instead it’s
this highly sculpted, calculated, calibrated version of who we are.”
Social networks will start to become more genuine. Focusing on who we actually are as individuals,
as opposed to the edited version of ourselves we currently put forward.
Platforms will move beyond static images and text-based profiles and evolve to feel more alive)
we’re already starting to see this come to fruition with Facebook’s introduction of profile videos).
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15. Hand-delivered content
A Tweet currently has a shelf life of 18 minutes. The average Facebook user has access to about 1,500
posts per day but only looks at 300.
Content is overwhelming. And it’s a problem for both users of social media platforms and
marketers.
At the moment content is produced en-masse and we share it with our followers at a time we deem
to be most relevant. This isn’t ideal. As social media becomes more personal, so will the way we
deliver content.
In years to come, content will feel hand-delivered. We’ll be able to tailor content to specific
individuals in real time based on their routines and interests. Facebook is already testing an AI to
determine what content is in photos in order to serve the most relevant ones in your timeline.
This creates a strong value proposition for the social network users (relevant content to them every
time they login) and will help users to feel connected to other people, brands and their favourite
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A hand delivered approach to content will also boost content engagement as users will have
an immediate reason to read and engage with content that is in their feed as opposed to mass
produced content for everyone.
The still image becomes a thing of the past
Video and multimedia content is booming in social media. The most effective post types for
Facebook are now videos and Twitter’s own data on video is fascinating:
The majority of Twitter users (82%) watch video content on Twitter and most watch on a hand-
held screen. A staggering 90% of Twitter video views happen on a mobile device, according to our
own internal data. But Twitter users don’t just lean back and watch video; they also lean in to
create it. Twitter users are 1.9x more likely to have uploaded a video online (anywhere) than the
average U.S. internet user.
Alongside video, GIFs have also bounced back to the forefront of social media.
“When MySpace faded away and Facebook took over with an anti-animated GIF policy it cleansed
the internet of the sparkly 90’s style GIFs that were so prevalent,” explains Kevin Burg, Co-creator
of Cinemagraph.
“In the wake of that was Tumblr, which had an artistic and creative community plus loads of
bandwidth, a 512kb file limit on GIFs and a super simple way to share them. The spirit of Tumblr
then was about creating rich content and lots of people were experimenting with how to use that
512kb most effectively or creatively.”
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17. The rise of Tumblr, along with sites like Giphy, paved the way for gifs to become mainstream again.
Both Facebook and Twitter have now opened up to GIFs (something we’ve also started supporting
at Buffer).
We’ve been through the revolution where every company is a media company, now, and in the
future, every company will need to be a multimedia company.
Attention spans become even shorter
Attention is becoming an increasingly scarce resource. A Microsoft study that found the average
attention span of an internet user has dropped substantially from 12 seconds in 2000, to just eight
seconds in 2015.
To counter our declining attention spans, content will become event more interactive and allow us
to create our own unique experiences. One way this is already coming to life is through 360 degree
video on platforms like YouTube.
Here’s an example (hover over the video and you can pan around 360 degrees while it plays):
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Over to you: your thoughts on the past, present and
future of social media
What was the first social network you actively used? And how has
social media changed since then?
What do you feel the future of social media looks like? Where are we heading?
It’d be amazing to hear your thoughts on this truly exciting subject. Feel free to leave any thoughts
at all in the comments below, and I’d love to jump in and join the conversation!
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