The trendiness of social media

A question has been on my mind this week about the popularity of Facebook and other social sites like YouTube and Twitter. When I hear the terms being mentioned in normal conversations at church, work, and in the media, one has to recognize that social media has become acceptable and trendy. When middle aged, seniors, and people you didn't used to expect on Facebook join and become actively involved, you know social media is "in".

This leads me to think, "What's next?" Don't get me wrong, I really like Facebook and LinkedIn and experimenting with other social tools, but it gets me thinking, "What is being developed and tried out by the early adopters out there that will someday soon be the next MySpace, YouTube, or Twitter?" I know there are many different kinds of social sites out there that mimic each other in features, but what I'm asking is What's that next must-have web tool that everyone will go ga ga over? Will it be cloud computing? Will it involve some sort of big step that we just can't imagine right now?

Would love to hear your ideas, observations? Comment on this post with your thoughts.