Comments - Chasing the elusive connectivity click ... or, what can social media do for the Arts? - National Theatre Wales Community2024-03-29T02:36:37Zhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3152760%3ABlogPost%3A12502&xn_auth=noAn interesting perspective on…tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-08-16:3152760:Comment:139682009-08-16T11:47:42.460ZDeborah Powellhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/deborahpowell
An interesting perspective on micro-blogging site <a href="http://www.clarkwit.blogspot.com/2009/08/amanda-palmer-relationships.html" target="_blank">Twitter</a><br />
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'It is culturally cutting edge and its potentials have still to unfold.'
An interesting perspective on micro-blogging site <a href="http://www.clarkwit.blogspot.com/2009/08/amanda-palmer-relationships.html" target="_blank">Twitter</a><br />
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'It is culturally cutting edge and its potentials have still to unfold.' I agree. There is a lot of ch…tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-08-10:3152760:Comment:128082009-08-10T12:32:27.555ZDeborah Powellhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/deborahpowell
I agree. There is a lot of chatter around the whole <a href="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/08/06/teens_dont_twee.html" target="_blank">Do Teens Tweet?</a> issue at the moment... it seems one of the more pronounced challenges in leveraging social media is to think of people less by age and more by attitude or interests.
I agree. There is a lot of chatter around the whole <a href="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/08/06/teens_dont_twee.html" target="_blank">Do Teens Tweet?</a> issue at the moment... it seems one of the more pronounced challenges in leveraging social media is to think of people less by age and more by attitude or interests. "The older generation has lon…tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-08-07:3152760:Comment:126672009-08-07T16:03:53.191ZCatherine Paskellhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/CatherinePaskell
"The older generation has long known that the surest way to kill a youth trend is to adopt it as its own. The cyberworld, it seems, is no exception" says <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/ofcom-report-internet-twitter" target="_blank">this Guardian article</a>, which reveals that online social networking is falling in popularity amongst 15-24 year olds.<br />
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Social networking may be a trend that has already peaked; it could still have a way to grow. As you say Deborah, as…
"The older generation has long known that the surest way to kill a youth trend is to adopt it as its own. The cyberworld, it seems, is no exception" says <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/ofcom-report-internet-twitter" target="_blank">this Guardian article</a>, which reveals that online social networking is falling in popularity amongst 15-24 year olds.<br />
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Social networking may be a trend that has already peaked; it could still have a way to grow. As you say Deborah, as <i>social media platforms are trying to elevate themselves to the serious business-building category, might this just be where things start to unravel and the social media bubble actually bursts?</i> Maybe this trend suggests exactly that, as the most discerning users (ie young people) move away from it now that over-24-year-old-farts like me are using social networking when I had no interest in this over 6 months ago and businesses are using it as cynical marketing tools...<br />
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Where are all these uber-cool young things going and can I come too?