Yet Another Social Media Network?
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It looks like the buzz on Twitter this weekend is about Pownce.com. Chris Brogan put up a post a short while ago entitled, “Why Join Another Social Network?”
Here are comments to what he said:
In the early days of blogging, before Blogger had its own commenting system, there was a commenting system called YAACS. YAACS stood for Yet Another Commenting System. Probably still exists today – I wouldn’t know.
I keep waiting for someone to start YASMN – Yet Another Social Media Network. All of this talk of more places to put oneself online is frustrating. I can definitely understand how it would feel cliquish.
I haven’t yet decided what to do with my Pownce invite yet, nor how to develop my Facebook profile. I feel okay about holding off for a bit and using the current tools I’m using.
I think it’s interesting that, in an attempt to reach more outward and gain a wider audience, it can also come across as being exclusive. What I mean by that is the same situation that many of us in the blogging, podcasting, twittering community find ourselves in – only associating with each other. The fishbowl. The echo chamber. We’re only talking to ourselves.
So I guess I don’t see social media networks as a bad thing in and of themselves if it widens one’s circle of influence. For me, I have a rough time of continually fragmenting myself over and over. Something I’m still trying to manage.
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Tags: Branding, echo chamber, new media, Social Media Networks, Twitter
