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Gianto WidiantoOur attention is stretched so thin these days that there are times when I have actually tried to register for what I thought was a new service only ...
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07 Jun 08
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Our attention is stretched so thin these days that there are
times when I have actually tried to register for what I thought was a new
service only to realize later that I already had an account -- it just got lost
in the shuffle. With so many new web sites and services vying for our attention
it is easy to feel the effects of social media fatigue. Andrew Shuttleworth, a
social media junky living in Japan, thought it might be helpful to try to map
his social media usage. The result is a staggering view of how information we
put on the web flows. -
- MySpace is Engagement Are Down?
"The average length of time users spend on all of the top three sites is on the slide. Bebo, MySpace and Facebook all took double-digit percentage hits in the last months of 2007." From the Register.Co.UK - Google sees issue with Social Network Ads
"We have found that social networking inventory is not monetizing as well as expected." George Reyes, CFO of Google. From the Financial Times - Facebook Applications (Widgets) Decrease in Popularity
"All of the top 10 leaderboard applications have seen substantial drops in daily users since peaking in November and December,"
From Read/Write Web
I'm not out to criticize, but I'm very curious how he feels about it and if he feels like he's being more effective by belonging to so many services. When do we hit the law of diminishing returns?
In any case, "Social Network Fatigue" and "Social Media Fatigue" is going to be the popular catchphrase of 2008 for Internet experts. As I've written last week, there already has been a rash of articles on the topic:
- MySpace is Engagement Are Down?
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04 Apr 08
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fragmented attention is a disease in the real world, looks like it is going to be an economic disease in the online world
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it usually makes sense to spend your time with the service that is the current winner in it's category.
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21 Mar 08
Kawika Holbrook"Although your average user will only be using a small number of services, they will still face the same issues in terms of how services link together and which services are worthwhile to use and which are not."
for:clickability for:junipernetworks for:sterlingpr socialmedia
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11 Feb 08
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M McBrideOur attention is stretched so thin these days that there are times when I have actually tried to register for what I thought was a new service only to realize later that I already had an account
socialmedia socialnetworking socialnetworks nethealth internethealth
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10 Feb 08
Martin LindnerUsing Mind Manager flow charting software, Shuttleworth created a diagram detailing how information flows through the social networking and media sites that he uses. Shuttleworth told us that he created the map because he was struggling to figure out how
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09 Feb 08
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Scott Lesliethis is talking about "social media" but is not a bad diagram of a really messy PLE
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Caroline O'BannonChecking out this map of this person's social media connections makes my head spin. Wondering what my own would look like, too.
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08 Feb 08
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