Comments on: Hello, Social Media Addiction; Goodbye, Privacy

By: @IceCreamMelts

@IceCreamMelts — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:14:21 +0000

Mark, I see your point, but we all have choices. Some can choose to still use social media, but keep their networks private. It is up to the individual, but I LOVE the idea of sharing ideas and interacting with new people from different parts of the world. I actually tested this theory and held a Global Book Release Party for my new book, "Facebook Addiction: The Life & Times of Social Networking Anonymous.” The ability to connect so many people using Facebook, Twitter, Ustream, Blogtalk Radio etc was totally AMAZING !!! Release Party: http://www.TheFacebookAddiction.com/party Amazon: http://www.TheFacebookAddiction.com/links/retail/... Blog: http://www.icecreammelts.com/blogs/facebook-addic... More Info: http://www.TheFacebookAddiction.com

By: @PhilBaumann

@PhilBaumann — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:36:28 +0000

Paul makes a good point about the pendulum. Perhaps the period we're in now is fleshing out the curiosities and possibilities with social media. And maybe we'll get to a point where we re-assess the relationship between public and private.

I also think 2010 may be when internet addiction (or whatever you call "too much Twitter") becomes taken a bit more seriously. The thing with online communities were users may be addicted is this: mutual denial is reinforced via the media. Just a thought.

Important points you make here, Mark..

Phil

By: Paul Marshall

Paul Marshall — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:35:22 +0000

Good post Mark,

I, like you, don't have an appetite for many of the newer services like foursquare, etc but I live on Twitter, blogs, etc. What I do have an interest in is what and how many of these new social services work. Many of these new services are now are exploring deeper into the domain of personal and social goings on and pushing the boundary of what some will accept and have an appetite to share. As the pendulum swings back towards center I think we will have a better understanding of what is 'possible' and can use that to craft better applications for people that have a truer meaning and value and operate within the boundaries of what most people will accept.

Although I don't use them there is great value in all these applications and there is money to be made in leveraging all their teachings and developments. Pushing the boundaries and expanding the scope of what we CAN do we will serve us well in the future as it always has, the pendulum on social I think will swing back towards middle for the vast majority of people while the early adopters continue to explore new bounds.

~Paul