The Next Social Network
No more new social networks, ok? The idea of having to continually register for the next big thing with a better service just doesn’t seem like an attractive idea to me anymore. Being on the edge was fun for a time, but in the long term is just a major pain in managing my online identity.
Instead, I’m hoping that we reach a day when the agreed upon social network is a standard one and universal. To a large degree I think it already exists today as Google. I’m of the frame of mind that you should come to me to find out what I’m up to because when I have to update ten services to make that happen it becomes impractical. Through syndication and a good search engine this isn’t asking too much and certainly doesn’t mean that one would have to come directly to my site — ever.
I happily killed my MySpace account last year, and I’m hanging on the button with Facebook right now.
[tags]social network, social media, online identity[/tags]