Me either, but I don't think it's a fad. I think it's the way a lot of people relate to the internet and computers in general. Queue stories about grandma who's on facebook but doesn't know how to use the address bar in her browser, etc, etc. I wouldn't expect that to go away. Social will get a lot more attention than other computing topics for a long time to come, because the user base is so much larger.
I'll go you one further: I think this will become more and more of everybody's life- like the automobile did. I think solving the problems with the social web (privacy, etc.) will also solve a lot of the problems faced, for instance, telecommuters.
One of the problems telecommuters face is dealing with a sense of isolation from the team. If (when) we solve that problem (and similar ones), and social media experimentation is going to be required to do so, probably, then we have an opportunity for a real virtual office, virtual college, etc.
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Me either, but I don't think it's a fad. I think it's the way a lot of people relate to the internet and computers in general. Queue stories about grandma who's on facebook but doesn't know how to use the address bar in her browser, etc, etc. I wouldn't expect that to go away. Social will get a lot more attention than other computing topics for a long time to come, because the user base is so much larger.
I'll go you one further: I think this will become more and more of everybody's life- like the automobile did. I think solving the problems with the social web (privacy, etc.) will also solve a lot of the problems faced, for instance, telecommuters.
One of the problems telecommuters face is dealing with a sense of isolation from the team. If (when) we solve that problem (and similar ones), and social media experimentation is going to be required to do so, probably, then we have an opportunity for a real virtual office, virtual college, etc.
I definitely see this happening.