Social media and the future....???

• One in five people on the web use Twitter or some other service to check status messages.
• 94% of enterprises plan to maintain or increase their investment in social media tools.
• Social media conversation is no longer considered a Web 2.0 fad -- it is taking place in homes, small businesses and corporate boardrooms, and extending its reach into the nonprofit, education and health sectors.
• A growing number of people now speak of social media as simply another channel or tactic.

How do you think social media will change in the future?
Social networking sites of the future will have to tailor their content to context; the right content to the right audiences at the right time. Social media has become a norm to include friends, family members and employees.  These people use social networking sites to connect with each other wherever they might be in the world.  With the holidays approaching some people might turn to skype to see relatives across the country, or use their new Iphone 4 face time video calling services to connect with a child away at school.  People have been using social media for years, and throughout it hasn't changed a lot, it's just been modified to incorporate people of all ages, skills, and their locations.
There has been a lot of news about privacy lately; I think people will be more cautious about what they post on the web in the future since every blog, status update, email, letter, etc. gets stored and is public despite the settings we may change to protect ourselves on certain sites.
I believe the traffic flow will increase as the generations get older and learn about Facebook, Twitter, My Space, etc thus increasing the popularity of social media.

Radio Frequency ID tags....we might have an ID tag that we use to scan ourselves in whenever we go somewhere like the mall, school, events, etc.  This tag will then store our information and connect us to other people it believes has the same interest as I do.  Take for example if I always go to the Eaton Centre and only walk the second level.  The tag will connect me to other people who do the same.

Are there any specific technologies that you think will gain popularity or emerge?
As technological barriers come down, people will increase the use of their phones to access social networks, search, read content and find location based information. Our phones will be used as a central hub enabling a slew of new capabilities and experiences.  There are millions of apps available for people to download and use like Facebook, Twitter, BBM and more.  Even gaming consoles allow networking like XBox which allows its gamers to join XBox live and chat with other gamers.  Apple is on a roll with their new technological advances they've created thus far.  The Iphone's, Ipad's, Ipod's, etc. are all ways consumers can connect with friends while on the go with its slim designs.  Our televisions might be replaced with a computer since many of our favourite shows can be watched online at our own convenience.

Our cell phones are always upgrading....hence the name smart phone LOL.  I think in the future our cell phones will play a bigger part in our lives than just us chatting away racking up our bill.  It might take on the role of our wallet, allowing us to pay for items by just pressing a button or something.



The future has a lot in store that we just don't know about yet.  Remember back in elementary school when our teachers would ask us to write/draw what we think the future will be like in 2010...well looking back, is it what we thought it would be?


http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_ways_social_media_will_change_in_2010.php
http://socialmediatoday.com/igiedrius/172558/future-social-networks