What will be the future of social media?
Alessandro Canella
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We are witnessing social media moving at an unbelievable pace. You wake up everyday learning about new trends.
With all the hype around meta not being able to match the expectations, to Elon Musk doing some peculiar activities with Twitter. Are we about to jump into the new dimension of social media? If yes, then what are your thoughts?
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Mayank Bid@mayank_bid
@alessandro_canella2
My 2 cents on social / micro-blogging:
1. Be Inclusive:
It's an exclusive club. Needs to become inclusive. The masses aren't on it yet. The classes are. The classes should and will still the conversations. But the eyes of the masses need to be garnered. For that it needs to be in world languages. It needs to help people in express in multiple languages. It needs to enable people to interact with each other without a language divide through translations. 80% of the world doesn't speak English. There needs to be an easy way to enable languages.
2. Be Free:
Social is about people power. You can't charge the users for content no matter how premium it is. The internet was supposed to democratise. Not extract. Can't make a social platform about the platform or the owner. It has to serve the world. And not just a part of the world. The whole world.
3. Be Transparent & Neutral:
The platform needs to win trust. Trust is won through transparency. Transparency in the algos used, the way a blue / yellow / green tick is given, the way a piece of content or a person is moderated. It needs to be neutral. It can't have a bias. Can't dole out voting advice. It needs to reflect people power, community power and be governed by existing local laws. Not create its own legal structures.
4. Be Simple:
Today Twitter doesn't connect people well. Where can I see an entire list of people I could follow, divided by professions, content category, eminence, fields etc? It's not there. It's very easy to do. That will drive more followership for the content creator and more content for the user. Such a simple feature is missing.
5. Fresh & New:
Re-imagining of existing behaviours is needed. A fresh new UI. Fresh flows. Multiple profile photos vs just 1 small image. Expression in world languages vs just english. Lots of discovery zones instead of just # trending pages. Lots of new formats instead of simple attachments.
Do these things and you'll see the most inclusive social media platform on the planet. Give the power back to the people and magic can happen.
Would love to hear the community's thoughts on these pointers. It's everything that Twitter is failing at under Elon's leadership. He wants to turn it into something it wasn't supposed to be, leaving a screaming gap that Koo will fill.
Koo, the second largest micro-blog in the world, does all of this and more :)
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@alessandro_canella2 @mayank_bid I still feel that social media is all about inclusivity. Tell me a place more inclusive online other than social media . Let's talk about it.
Hard to say what is the future of social media because it is an extremely broad term. The metaverse in the long term has a HUGE role to play in this space. In the near to medium term , I think paid services will start becoming popular.
@chetan_natesh People are already inclined towards paid services now. So let's see π
Algorithim driven content is eating the world. There's a reason why all major social platforms are shoving shorts/reels/tiktok style videos down your throat.
@philipsnyder How do you propose on solving this issue and why do you think all social platforms are doing this on purpose?
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I believe we'll get more influencers and micro-influencers contributing to the world of social media
@shushant_lakhyani Influencer marketing is already skyrocketing! It holds a great future. π
According to eprocurement software, The same holds true for social media advertising in the future. When first introduced, social media served largely as a means of mass communication. To counter this, the focus of future social media platforms will shift to individualization.
@katherine_desilva I would not say individualisation but it will focus on smaller communities.
@katherine_desilva Ohkkayyy, I'll consider this point.
@eve_angelique this is true
Real people make life meaningful. I'd like to believe that our future is local :)
@parker_revers I appreciate your thought π
In many ways, the future of social media is intrinsically linked with the future of the metaverse. One way of thinking about it is that the metaverse simply is the next evolution of social media
@suzanne_sullivan Thanks for sharing your pov. Let's see what metaverse has in store for us. π
I think VR is set to be the future of social media, and there are many reasons why. First and foremost, it allows you to experience content in a way that is truly immersive. You aren't just watching videos or reading articles; you are living the experience firsthand. This creates a more personal connection with the people or brands you're following, which can lead to greater loyalty and sales outcomes.
With YouTube and Instagram holding its popularity, maybe more networking system that cores around visual aspects, like clips and video may come around more?
@shawn_park_f12 Yes, visual content is just going to skyrocket!
@shawn_park_f12 ππππ
The emergence of TikTok and short-form video content are the two most anticipated innovations. While smaller networks like Pinterest and Snapchat may finally take off in 2022, larger networks like Instagram and Twitter will likely remain significant (especially for B2B enterprises). Also, social commerce is essential for eCommerce companies.
@emily_elizabeth5 I agree with you here. I see the same happening.
Elon Musk π
The explosion of visuals
Video will probably get more attention than words than ever. And with VR starting to act as a powerful platform, video will dominate even more.
@derstartupcfo Visuals are the essence, my friend! π
Social media will only continue to grow, almost exponentially, and will not stay stagnant for long. It's only a matter of where the technology that we're using today would be perfected in the future.
@secure_slate Alright, thanks for sharing π
Farcaster is pretty great (although small scale)
@colin_johnson5 Sounds interesting! I'd like to learn more about Farcaster π
I think the outcomes of Elon Musk buying Twitter may give insights into the future of social media. We'll see in time
@umutgunbak Yesss waiting for that.
As weβve seen in the recent past, social media has been a useful tool for the media. It allows us to be informed, stay connected and get a feel for whatβs going on in the world. However, itβs also seen as a potential threat to the traditional media. And there are concerns that social media is putting pressure on the news industry.
Social media is changing the way people consume news. And it's changing the way news is produced.
And only one question really remains - what will Elon Musk do with Twitter?
@igor_sadkin Right Igor. Let's wait for the surprises π
Very hard to give you a clear answer as plans are changing. For example, TikTok doesn't classify itself as a social media, but as an entertainment platform. I would say that giant tech companies try to bring the internet to the countries of the 3rd world. The countries of the developed world will be using virtual reality for gaming and "entertainment". For the young generation, collective gaming represents some kind of socialising at a distance. It is questionable if the concept of "social" media will last in the future. I would say it could change to the concept of "entertainment media". But it is only my point of view that can change also. :-)
@minimalistphone Might be possible but It's not happening in the near future. Maybe later. π
@alessandro_canella Oh yeah, I skipped the near future a little bit. π
I think social media generally helps people stay connected and get to know people based on shared interests to learn from each other. This is a basic need, so it's not going away.
With the advent of AI everywhere we will see more and more interesting use cases that allows us to express ourselves better and gives us new opportunities helps grow our skillset by adapting information to our expertise. Fake news is just a precursor to adaptive news. It will be information we can easily consume that is good for us - makes us more open - vs. information that is easy to consume, but is bad because it makes our worldview more narrow.
So much untapped potential... Let's get to work!
Farcaster :)
@colin_johnson5 Could you please give me a brief about that? I'm interested to learn more.
@alessandro_canella Sure! It's in beta currently, so you'll need to request an invite from Dan Romero on Twitter. It's basically a semi-decentralized social platform, where your ID is stored on chain but the media/text is stored off-chain for scaling. https://www.farcaster.xyz
@colin_johnson5 Sounds interesting! I'll give it a look