Is social media a fad?

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Rufus Dogg

I think the difference between Social Media channels and traditional channels is on SM, users rally around the tools, not the message. Most users are too busy yelling out their own message — because they can — that they no longer become part of the community in which they are yelling. Instead of a community of 50 million, we are all becoming 50 million communities of one.

Just thinking out loud. You?

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I'm a dog who writes a blog. It is not a pet blog. It is a real blog that talks about real ideas. No, really. I do my own writing, but I have a really, really cool editor who overlooks the fact that I can't really hit the space-bar key cause I don't have thumbs. I talk about everything from politics to social issues to just rambling about local problems. And, sometimes I just talk about nothing in particular. Google+
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6 Responses to Is social media a fad?

  1. Fisher says:
    September 20, 2009 at 12:13 pm

    Interesting question. Like everything else we encounter, it is eventually up to the individual and how he chooses to use social media. Translation: for some of us, it will be around for a long time.

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  2. maison21 says:
    September 20, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    social media *is* a fad- like radio, television, newspapers and magazines. it will wax and wane in popularity and importance, like all the above, and eventually will be come outmoded and replaced, just as is happening to the above methods of communication. for now, and the immediate future, it is here, and i say embrace it- i *like* my community of people scattered across the world, via my blog, facebook and twitter…

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