links for 2009-06-02
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This article was almost music to my ears, supporting something that's been worrying me for a long time with Social Media in Birmingham. My concern is with the growing level of delusion on the power of Social Media, perhaps spurred on primarily through a large amount of back-patting within the communities. Often those with the most "influence" are simply those that shout the loudest, diluting the quality, sending out mixed messages and reducing the quality of the industry. But hey, this has happened before, most notably for myself, the dotcom boom. Is something similar going to occur again? I.e. Will those in social media who are respected within their own circles, but fail to monetise and formulate strong business plans that appeal at a more main stream level drop away?
re: links for 2009-06-02
>Will those in social media who are respected within their own circles, but fail to monetise and formulate strong business plans that appeal at a more main stream level drop away?
Not sure everyone is trying to do that — I'd suggest that the desire to go mainstream, or to monetise, is far from most people's thoughts. Certainly those whose views on this sort of thing I listen to