The future of social media, what is it going to be? I can
only imagine that people are going to continue to use it just as much as we
already have been, if not increase our daily, weekly, and monthly usage. I just
wonder what it is that will be making us do so.
When researching for this blog post, I located a new app called Pheed,
apparently it is a new “monetized social
network”, where members can actually place a monthly subscription fee to users
to access your Pheed channel. It isn’t
mandatory to do so, but I wonder how many people will do it, celebrities especially. Pheed allows you
to combine your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube accounts all on the
same feed/channel. Considering how new Pheed is, it is “already believed to be the
social media company of the year.”
Obviously businesses are going to continue using social media to broaden their audience and reach their target markets, as well as keep this sort of personal relationship they’re building with their customers. To me, that’s something I do love about social media. On Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, I’m able to follow my favourite designers and see sneak peaks on upcoming products, be the first to know about promotions, as well as creating my own content of products I’ve purchased to be eligible for certain contests. I think it’s amazing that businesses are becoming so personable through social media.
Obviously businesses are going to continue using social media to broaden their audience and reach their target markets, as well as keep this sort of personal relationship they’re building with their customers. To me, that’s something I do love about social media. On Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, I’m able to follow my favourite designers and see sneak peaks on upcoming products, be the first to know about promotions, as well as creating my own content of products I’ve purchased to be eligible for certain contests. I think it’s amazing that businesses are becoming so personable through social media.
However, it is kind of crazy to think about how
much time we actually spend checking Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the like…
I wouldn’t say I’m dependent on social media, but to me, it’s basically the
number one thing I do whenever I’m bored and want to find a distraction from
whatever it is I’m doing. I think a lot of people could say the same thing. So
are we going to become even more bored than we are now in the future? Are we
going to be looking for more and more distractions? Time will only tell I guess…
Reference:
Leonard, Heather. “Is Pheed The Future Of Social Media?.” Business Insider. MongoDB, 18 Mar.
2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2013. <http://www.businessinsider.com/is-pheed-the-future-of-social-media-2013-3>
