Social web predictions, plans for 2009
New post up over at louisgray.com: Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009 On the Social Web. Here’s a clip:
Whatever happens, we know there’s going to be no shortage of things to talk about, hash over, debate, and bitchmeme about in the year ahead. One of the most interesting topics I came across that in some ways combines all of the above involves Robert Scoble’s post, called Did I harm my blog by FriendFeeding this year? Not only did it open up a flood of discussion on FriendFeed and elsewhere, but in my view is intriguing because it touches on a bunch of themes that bloggers, microbloggers, and social media superfans will be thinking about for some time, including:
Social media balance – Which social media destinations will bring back the most value on time spent? Influence – Is it better to be a big fish on FriendFeed, a “think piecing” blogger competing against the bigs, or something in between? Monetization and ownership – Does it “pay” in all senses of the word to spend a great deal of time and passion on sites that you don’t own? Distributed conversations – How do you best harness ideas and conversations in this new distributed age? Just some food for thought as we enter the final bend on 2008.
And happy new year everyone!
