Social Sites Are Dead

by Jack Humphrey on Jan 15

If you can’t believe everything you read, then pictures and music should impress you! The eulogy for social sites and social marketing has already been written.

Yep, we’re in a big Ebubble and we should all get out before we wind up like those schmucks in 2000!

The end is nigh!

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  • http://1cat.biz Barry O

    Very, very funny! Can’t get that song out of my head.

    Although, I’m afraid the vocals would not have made Billy Joel proud.

    So, what do I do now? Fire all of my consulting clients and go get a real job?

    Never!

  • http://www.ivonson.com ivon k

    Couldn’t have agree more with Barry O. Its very funny and quite good for humor Oscar nominee…

  • http://www.hghtruths.com Eric

    Oh, so delightfully true.

    I got some old tulip bulbs. Anybody want to buy one?

    When it pops, just just find some friends and help blow a new one.

  • http://www.raymondloesch.com Ray

    So what’s the problem, I don’t get it. I only wish I was smart enough to get in any of these. I still remember when we got our 1st pc at my office in 1984, my bosses were like what the hell is this thing and how is it going to do any good for us. Time for all of us not to be short sighted and create our own bandwagon.

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  • http://www.andrewgoulding.info/ andrew goulding

    Great video.

    My problem with the web 2.0 is its very nature.

    99% of comments on Youtube are infuriatingly dumb and even on successful blogs or Forums (e.g. The Warriors), while I may find the occasional interesting post, I seldom find interesting conversations developing.

    As for marketing videos, they are getting so LONG but remain so poorly made (I have a TV background) that I can’t believe they’ll be watched after the novelty has worn off.

    This is a nano-second world,. Marketers need to understand that.

    On the other hand, a simple site with great content will always get my attention.

    ADG

  • http://web-social-marketing.com Sheree Motiska

    This is so funny. I’ve seen this all over the Internet. However, if it’s dead, then why are we all here reading Jack’s blog and why are there so many people on My Space? I personally get a fair amount of traffic from social media so i can’t say that it’s dead.

    I think it’s all in the way you come across. If you plow in there like a human ad, well what do you expect to happen?

    Sheree Motiska

  • http://gardenartandgifts.com Virginia

    This is very funny. As someone who’s waaaaaaay past college age, I loved the Facebook age references. I keep hearing that there are tons of “older” folk on Facebook. Where are they hiding?

    Virginia’s last blog post..Let Your Houseplants Water Themselves

  • http://www.andrewgoulding.info/ andrew goulding

    They’re there, Virginia, you just can’t see them behind all the er… vanishing cream.

    ADG

  • http://www.Drewryonline.net shawn

    I actually enjoyed this…:-)

    http://www.Drewryonline.net

    shawn’s last blog post..Gasoline prices fall below $3 a gallon

  • http://easymentorpro.com Chris

    Excellent video!

    The first bubble was about “me, me, me” (corporate/venture). It imploded because people didn’t do their homework and fell for the lure of “easy” money.

    The second bubble(?) is still about “me, me, me” but on a more personal level.

    When are people going to learn the basic natural law of reciprocation – first you GIVE, then you get. ‘Nuff said.

    Thanks for a great site Jack.

  • http://www.medhead.com property in spain

    That was hilarious!

    I can agree and disagree.
    I agree that there has been a huge amount of money invested in the huge social media sites and i am not completely sure that is wise.
    they are for the purpose of communication and not really advertising.
    so where is the Return on investment for the investors?

    I don´t think the big social sites are going anywhere fast, they just seem to be growing and growing.
    I think the bubble may burst on the investment and development of wacky applications that not many people use but i can´t see facebook disappearing.
    It is a part of my daily working and personal life, I think (hope i am not the only geek) this is true for most of us.

    Everyone wants to belong to something, on facebook for example you get an incredible amount of friends – would these people be your friends in real life – maybe some, but definitely not all of them but you leave them on there as the number of friends counts for some.

    There will be a struggle as with the .com bubble – newcomers to the market trying to copy past success of others may not achieve what they anticipate.
    Traditional business practices should be applied to all businesses whether they be solely for the internet or not.

    Thanks Jack, great post.

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