Comments on: The Future Of The Blogosphere http://circ.us/2008/06/the-future-of-the-blogosphere/ Circ.us is a creative communications firm that helps brands tell stories through innovation and participation. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:21:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: adam http://circ.us/2008/06/the-future-of-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-2585 adam Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:12:47 +0000 http://amediacirc.us/?p=679#comment-2585 Greg Great point about the "gateway drug". I think the heavy usage will come into play once there is mass adoption of open social and people become more familiar with the tools that Google is preparing. Greg

Great point about the “gateway drug”. I think the heavy usage will come into play once there is mass adoption of open social and people become more familiar with the tools that Google is preparing.

]]> By: Greg March http://circ.us/2008/06/the-future-of-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-2583 Greg March Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:28:57 +0000 http://amediacirc.us/?p=679#comment-2583 I think the participation of in the blogosphere (and social media in general will explode. Clay Shirkey's speech about the cognitive surplus suggests a huge amount of thought energy is untapped and trapped watching crappy sitcoms. The US could create an entire Wikipedia in every language in the time it spends watching commercials in a single weekend. I see Facebook as a gateway drug for middle america to recognizing the value of the social graph and they will eventually go past status updates, pirates v ninja's, and photos and dig deeper in more robust social experiences. I.E. blogging. I think the participation of in the blogosphere (and social media in general will explode. Clay Shirkey’s speech about the cognitive surplus suggests a huge amount of thought energy is untapped and trapped watching crappy sitcoms. The US could create an entire Wikipedia in every language in the time it spends watching commercials in a single weekend.

I see Facebook as a gateway drug for middle america to recognizing the value of the social graph and they will eventually go past status updates, pirates v ninja’s, and photos and dig deeper in more robust social experiences. I.E. blogging.

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