Social media disappointments:
Morton Fox,
Rahsheen,
sofarsoShawn,
Andy Bakun,
rowlikeagirl,
Alex Scrivener,
Jenthemum,
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ovigia
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FriendFeed got sold to Facebook and is running on fumes.
- Brian Sullivan
Facebook is mostly confusing and unexciting -- like a family get together -- fun while it lasted but I keep hoping it will be over soon.
- Brian Sullivan
Twitter is like writing on post-it notes and throwing them out the front door.
- Brian Sullivan
Google has abandoned Buzz and like many people didn't really understand Wave -- announced it would end, then suddenly changed and set it adrift.
- Brian Sullivan
I might have to go back to meeting with real people in real life for social contact.
Maybe it is just God telling us we have to meetup again in meatspace?
- Brian Sullivan
well that easy enough, you can coordinate it with "social networking" geolocation check-ins, just foursquare it! ~ that'd be another social media bomb
- sofarsoShawn
I barely have a cell phone -- the mobile internet for me is moving the laptop from my office to the family room.
- Brian Sullivan
Lost drop.io to Facebook too.
- Morton Fox
I just learned that about 5 minutes ago, Morton.
- Rahsheen
Sometimes I wonder if social media really is the success it is talked up to be. Maybe it is a generational thing and I will never really get it.
- Brian Sullivan
it is in large part generational, that is with Facebook I know for sure. However since it being so new we don't have stats/evidence for its later use. I'd like to see how these kids's Facebook use, changes, as they grown up
- sofarsoShawn
While partially generational, I think it also changes with your phase of life. The older I get, the smaller number of people I need to interact with. My closest contacts I IM/email with. My Facebook isn't my #1 thing to do in the morning (Email, then FF). As far as Tumblr and Posterous, they're seldom remembered and even less used.
- That's So CAJ!
Tumblr/Posterous are categorized as blogging, the social media margin is thin. I'm just curious about kids who's only known experience & real interaction with the internet is Facebook; they post thousands of pics & tag away, wall post, FB chat! (that one's strangest to me ~ its just a ridiculous, as soon as I open it, there's 5 pop up wanting to IM, it's chaos). So with this being all they really know, are these habits going to change? Doubtful, if you've grown up using & knowing the one and only system.
- sofarsoShawn
Oh, Holden Page, has brought to mind another disappointment: Empire Avenue: fake money and status that no one cares about, even if you're selling a brand.
- sofarsoShawn
I think Facebook and Twitter have crossed a threshold where they're now permanent. So that's a "success", if you like the services. You called them disappointments because of your experience on them.
- Christopher Galtenberg
considering the history behind the rise & fall of .com's, nothing's permanent at all.
- sofarsoShawn
Relatively. For this era.
- Christopher Galtenberg