Comments on: The day Social Media died http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/10/20/the-day-social-media-died/ A blog about the world of wine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:15:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Courtney Cochran http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/10/20/the-day-social-media-died/comment-page-1/#comment-17472 Courtney Cochran Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:51:10 +0000 http://www.steveheimoff.com/?p=4219#comment-17472 LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Steve, hats off to you for a truly fabulously entertaining post (and I really do mean it, as I almost never put adverbs on top of adverbs). But I have to say I back up what Alex Hawkinson said: social media is just another way for humans to connect, and they're going to keep right on doing it. I recall reading somewhere, as well, that Millennials - esp the super young ones - have been documented as having better offline social skills than their predecessors, so... It's here to stay. Whether we abandon Twitter or not is anyone's call. Or should I say Tweet? CC LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Steve, hats off to you for a truly fabulously entertaining post (and I really do mean it, as I almost never put adverbs on top of adverbs). But I have to say I back up what Alex Hawkinson said: social media is just another way for humans to connect, and they’re going to keep right on doing it. I recall reading somewhere, as well, that Millennials – esp the super young ones – have been documented as having better offline social skills than their predecessors, so…

It’s here to stay. Whether we abandon Twitter or not is anyone’s call. Or should I say Tweet?

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]]> By: Thomas Pellechia http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/10/20/the-day-social-media-died/comment-page-1/#comment-17451 Thomas Pellechia Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:35:29 +0000 http://www.steveheimoff.com/?p=4219#comment-17451 Perhaps, Kristy, but that assumes that people will be able to determine the differences among information, disinformation, opinion, and marketing. The lines are continually blurring, which is another function of bottom-up content. When no one is in charge, no one is accountable therefore, few should be trusted. Perhaps, Kristy, but that assumes that people will be able to determine the differences among information, disinformation, opinion, and marketing. The lines are continually blurring, which is another function of bottom-up content.

When no one is in charge, no one is accountable therefore, few should be trusted.

]]> By: kristy http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/10/20/the-day-social-media-died/comment-page-1/#comment-17431 kristy Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:37:26 +0000 http://www.steveheimoff.com/?p=4219#comment-17431 @Thomas Pellechia: I appreciate your response and understand your questions. Personally, I think that the internet is unique (at least compared to print and television) in that it has the ability to sustain all the marketing-branding-networking blahbitty blah AND still provide a platform for personal, intimate communications at the same time. TV can't do that. The internet is the only medium that provides bottom-up content (versus top-down editorial/content, which is all that tv and print can provide). Which I think will always make it revolutionary -- even if the content that MOST people choose to post is silly and/or self-serving. :) @Thomas Pellechia:

I appreciate your response and understand your questions.

Personally, I think that the internet is unique (at least compared to print and television) in that it has the ability to sustain all the marketing-branding-networking blahbitty blah AND still provide a platform for personal, intimate communications at the same time. TV can’t do that.

The internet is the only medium that provides bottom-up content (versus top-down editorial/content, which is all that tv and print can provide). Which I think will always make it revolutionary — even if the content that MOST people choose to post is silly and/or self-serving. :)

]]> By: steve http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/10/20/the-day-social-media-died/comment-page-1/#comment-17429 steve Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:07:13 +0000 http://www.steveheimoff.com/?p=4219#comment-17429 Charlie, many people are unaware that Dr. Wankman helped Al Gore invent the Internet! Charlie, many people are unaware that Dr. Wankman helped Al Gore invent the Internet!

]]> By: Charlie Olken http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2009/10/20/the-day-social-media-died/comment-page-1/#comment-17428 Charlie Olken Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:39:55 +0000 http://www.steveheimoff.com/?p=4219#comment-17428 I have been thinking about this Dr. Wankman. He has had some bad times, but think back. This is the guy who said that the hula hoop would go away. This was the guy who predicted that the Edsel would be an "Edsel". He was the first guy to predict that rumble seats would give way to inside back seats because who wanted to make out in public. He was the first to predict that throwing tea in the harbor in Boston would lead eventually to maniacs throwing fits at public meetings. So, folks, when you assail Dr. Wankman, you are assailing a genius who understands that 140 key strokes is not "communication" and does not a village make. He remembers the Pony Express. It may be gone, but people do still write long treatises to each other. I get about 500 tweets a day from my legion of followers. I don't know why they follow me because I keep posting real information about wine and keep getting back retweets of someone else's tweet or some drunk telling me that she is going to open another bottle of plonk. The Internet has created real communities of interest. They have existed from the beginning on discussion boards, continue there today on WCWN and WLDG. They exist here on Steve's blog and Dr. Vino's blog and Tom Warks' blog. And what gets posted here and in those other places is real conversation. I don't see depth or complexity or emotion on Twitter. It would have been a great medium for teenagers, but texting, sexting and whatever other 'tings they do there are way ahead of Twitter. At least those activities are real communication. I have been thinking about this Dr. Wankman. He has had some bad times, but think back. This is the guy who said that the hula hoop would go away. This was the guy who predicted that the Edsel would be an “Edsel”. He was the first guy to predict that rumble seats would give way to inside back seats because who wanted to make out in public. He was the first to predict that throwing tea in the harbor in Boston would lead eventually to maniacs throwing fits at public meetings.

So, folks, when you assail Dr. Wankman, you are assailing a genius who understands that 140 key strokes is not “communication” and does not a village make. He remembers the Pony Express. It may be gone, but people do still write long treatises to each other.

I get about 500 tweets a day from my legion of followers. I don’t know why they follow me because I keep posting real information about wine and keep getting back retweets of someone else’s tweet or some drunk telling me that she is going to open another bottle of plonk.

The Internet has created real communities of interest. They have existed from the beginning on discussion boards, continue there today on WCWN and WLDG. They exist here on Steve’s blog and Dr. Vino’s blog and Tom Warks’ blog. And what gets posted here and in those other places is real conversation. I don’t see depth or complexity or emotion on Twitter.

It would have been a great medium for teenagers, but texting, sexting and whatever other ‘tings they do there are way ahead of Twitter. At least those activities are real communication.

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