The next great social thing
We all know Twitter is the next great thing. I have my account and a couple other accounts there. You know where else I have accounts at that were all the next great thing?
- MySpace
- Hi5
- Tagged
- Virb
- Last.fm
- Blip.tv
- Ustream
- Digg
- Flickr
- Stuff on Yahoo
- Stuff on Google
- Stuff on MSN
- Stuff on AOL
The reason I made this list is because I have come to the understanding that nothing is forever. I am sure you know that, but too often we treat the next great thing as being indispensable when in reality we move on more often than we think. Now I do wish I had a site that last with me through the last decade and maybe I have finally nailed down a couple that will, but everything else has always been a passing fad.
This is something to keep in mind as well if you are basing your business around these sites. Your business could last just as long as they can, but that doesn’t mean the people will still be around for you.
Here are some other things that I have acquired and released over the years:
- tens of emails
- tens of IM accounts
- phone numbers
- addresses
- friends
- blogs
Life goes on. Too much of what we encounter is fleeting. I am sure there is a better message hidden somewhere here that I am not relaying so I will leave it to you to find it.