I am already wondering what rival company or rival website will come out that will draw the masses. We saw the rise and fall of Myspace and we saw some stirrings with other social network sites, but nothing that has garnered the success like facebook.
What is the next big idea? How will the next big idea fringe further into your personal privacy and allow for the further building of intelligent systems to increase large corporation profits? There isn't anything wrong with that right?.. because we willfully allow it every day we connect and update our status, Tweet, or Blog.
Data is the internet's Commodity. The internet is a nest of Data that when harnessed correctly will influence all the decisions in your life.
I know that is a lot to stomach, so let's say it like this. Why did a small company like Groupon take off with the success that it did? Take the recession out of the mix because people in recession can cut things like a discounted massage out of their limited budget. The answer is Social Networking. People start posting the daily "coupon" deals they were getting and then their friends and friends of friends all signed up. Then the tweeting and daily emails. Their sign up base shot way off the charts in no time at all and this Data(including spending habit tracking) = Big Profits... because remember Data is a Commodity.
Data is Destructive: In the interest of driving either truth or false pretense, the internet is the connected destination to wage a war.
Let's just take Wikileaks for a second because it is a hot topic right now...wait did i say wikileaks or was it openleaks(wikileaks new rival)? maybe i meant Facebook or twitter? Now I'm just confusing myself, was it just the news blogging I saw?
Take the actual document information that was made available through wikileaks to the public aside. Maybe it was the "Idea" that a government can be held accountable for their secrets? Take it step further with the action taken against the website and founder already, is it that Truth is punishable?
The life and death of companies, of individuals, and of ideas comes down to the trending data voice that is most popular on the internet. You may not be watching, but people that make a whole heck of a lot more money than I am are watching and creating strategies now.
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So Whats the next big idea?
The frenzied reaction, ie viral reaction, is expected when you have a community as big and connected as Facebook, but I venture to say that it will be over run with a new innovative means of social connectedness. I don't know what it is yet, but i can be sure of several things.
1. We will walk into the trap with our eyes wide open, because the artificial value we will deem necessary to function in daily life will outweigh the consequence of losing our freedoms.
2. It will invade our privacy further then it does now
Do you have the next big idea? What will this look like?
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