We have seen the information flow transform from uni-directional to multi directional, we have seen the web transform from static to collaborative. This transitional period has seen many guest and grand appearances. One of them is Social Networks. Some of us might have a lot against them, some like wasting time on them and some have really good uses of this new technology. The overwhelming use of Social Networks has also sparked a debate that have these networks already hit the limit of their growth or they are about to? Are they here to stay or its just a temporary boom like Dot com era?
One thing is for sure that today’s Social Giants might not live for longer (in the form they currently are) but Social Networking is here to stay. The only question remains is in what form?
In the past few years we have not only seen an overwhelming information influx also we have observed a phenomenon with appearance of these Social Giants. The specific type of information started getting centralized at various HotSpots. These information Hotspots couldn’t live longer while being isolated from rest of the web and have started to integrate themselves with other HotSpot. So there is considerable balance between decentralization and centralization.You end up doing something at a website and your friends across the netwroks see your feed. Which brings me to a conclusion that the Future Social Networks will just be aggregators. You do one action at a website and some other action at another and your friends across the web on different platforms get updated. There will be no Social Network in isolation there will only be aggregators that will help you converge information.
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