Nick wrote: >One of the data points NetBase has developed is that despite Twitter, >Facebook, etc., the real conversation still happens, and is increasing, in >forums, list servers, etc. Discussion tends to start in the new social >media, but if it has any depth, it goes into venues where some depth is >supported.
People who I have contact with on other mailing lists have reported that the vast majority of broad forums, like Brin-L or Culture, have lost a lot of traffic. On the whole, most folks I've discussed this with have found few outlets where long conversations occur. I think we've differed on this for more than a decade, Nick. :-) I still see the trend of the internet is to go more and more to closed circles of folks who all agree and short sound byte discussions. Ticia wrote: >It'll be interesting to see how all the social networking develops in the >next few years My prediction is that the replacement for Twitter will be a networking site where there is only room for emotocons. :-) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
