RE: Still here (Re: Br¡n: On Fracking and Earthquake s)

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.