Here’s my dream… One, central social network. With ways to easily separate friends and business acquaintances. And ways to keep email addresses up-to-date. And link to pictures and videos. And meet new people.
Early last month, Tom Steinthal blogged about the Web 2.0 bubble. His very last line is the one that I found most interesting:
Bottom line, I don’t see a bubble here at all, with the possible exception of a small one around the myriad of social networks.
I am now a member of 9 social networks. That’s too many. Yes, they help me keep up with my friends, and they help me come up with great new leads for the incredible Java jobs I need to fill, but they also make my head spin with their sheer volume. I simply don’t have the time to keep track of every network the way I need to. If I were to fully participate in all 9 networks, it would take up more than half of my day, and I need to be spending that time sourcing, screening, evaluating, and building.
I want the Social Network bubble to pop. And I want someone out there to be brilliant enough to build everything I want into the Perfect Social/Business Network. And I want it yesterday.
Have a great week!
-Katie
September 7, 2007 at 3:16 pm
I have a question. How much would you pay a month for the Perfect Social/Business Network
September 7, 2007 at 3:38 pm
I’d probably be willing to pay about $20/month, but it would have to be perfect. I already pay more than that on LinkedIn.
October 5, 2007 at 4:34 pm
I must say that I agree with your posting, Katie. I was just thinking about this the other day! I have been accepting invitations left and right from family and friends through countless networks because I am anxious to keep in touch with them but am beginning to feel overwhelmed and dreading the extra PC time after I’ve already spent 8+ hours on the computer at work during the day, 5 days a week! I am on LinkedIn and love it as well as on Facebook, but I have other networks, too…
August 18, 2011 at 8:33 pm
Working with human resource leaders in a variety of companies for the past two decades, I find that many of them are not tuned to the actual needs of the employer or employee. Caught up in the tempests of downsizing, compliance demands, acquisitions, mergers, and reorganizations, they are engaged in activities that have little to do with their central mission of filling a position with the right individual, instead looking at their own profit margin by providing a “body”.