Social networking online is getting to be overrated to me. I'd actually love a site that doesn't have the games, the trophies or the ratings and have one that lets me see the people I choose to keep in contact with in almost an address book type fashion. Unfortunately, I don't see the social networking future this way. I feel that social networking will keep growing. Expanding over to the mobile side has caused us to be up to date on every little thing we do throughout the day. If someone doesn't Twitter that they lost a shoe, then the world has been lost. When the word "twittering" has become a real adjective, I think it's time to take a step back and realize that there are other important things in the world.
I do love the idea of using twitter as a news forum that keeps you up to date on whats going on in the world. That would keep my attention all the time and I would use it constantly. I can see that social networking could become a physical real world tool. By using bluetooth technology to find people who are close to you, using the same network or have the same common interests as you, could enable you to actually MEET someone in real life. It would allow people to use social networking to their full advantage and not just hiding behind a computer to express your life story or likes and dislikes.
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Well done, Crystal. Great insights on what you think the future of Social Networking will be... and we can learn from sites like Faces.com on what NOT to do. The most successful Social sites were created by students who use them... you could create a site like the one you were talking about (an address book) and it could be crazy popular... you never know! Well done!!
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