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Posts: 24850 (08/10/09 11:52 PM) Gadabout Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Wonderful World Remove this ad There's been a natural progression of online communication. With each new trend, everyone jumps on the bandwagon and declares it the best thing ever and all civilization has been leading up to it, and you're either there or you're square. Then the next thing comes along and the previous thing falls by the wayside, used only by spammers and sexual predators. - Email - Message boards - Geocities - Instant Messenger - Blogging - Texting - Skype - Myspace - Facebook - Twitter By next year we can bump this thread, laugh about that old dinosaur Facebook, and ask who still uses twitter now that FutureThing is here. And the year after that we'll do it again. I predict the next thing will involve some kind of virtual potato chip. Potato chips are yummy.
Monsieur Muggles		#1	[-]
Posts: 8775 (08/10/09 11:56 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Twitter is stupid. It's just trending number 1 right now in the online world because even stupids can set up an account.
survivorjb2003		#2	[-]
Posts: 7311 (08/10/09 11:57 PM) Hellooooo Nurse Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Except for the fact that Twitter sucks.
2ManyAndersons		#3	[-]
Posts: 10115 (08/10/09 11:57 PM) has no presence anymore Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Whatever it will be, Al Gore's working on it right now.
survivorjb2003		#4	[-]
Posts: 7312 (08/10/09 11:58 PM) Hellooooo Nurse Reply Quote More Recent Posts	OMG I HAVE A SUBNIC NOW!!! Thank you Uncle Anti <333333
survivorjb2003		#5	[-]
Posts: 7313 (08/11/09 12:00 AM) Hellooooo Nurse Reply Quote More Recent Posts	And since I can't edit, it's also my birthday this Friday so it's also an apropos birthday gift too. Thanks <33333
gokkun		#6	[-]
Posts: 1991 (08/11/09 12:05 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	i feel so cool for having completely avoided myspace/facebook/twitter. idk why but i do ^_^
Link Please		#7	[-]
Posts: 1410 (08/11/09 12:06 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	By next year all online communication will be via witty subnics.
nomii		#8	[-]
Posts: 6535 (08/11/09 12:07 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	did geocities predate the email/message board explosion? anyways, the next big thing would be location-aware messaging/chatting/apps as everyone goes mobile (e.g. Grindr)
Modesty		#9	[-]
Posts: 3938 (08/11/09 12:07 AM) Official Board Stalker Reply Quote More Recent Posts
Goosehead		#10	[-]
Posts: 1738 (08/11/09 12:19 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Wonderful World Remove this ad The next big thing will be ghostnics without primary accounts.
Screerider		#11	[-]
Posts: 25004 (08/11/09 12:41 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I was actually thinking about this a day or two ago. Way before we "mind surf" (as I suggested in TC's invention thread a few months ago), which would require some medium that opens the bandwidth to brainwaves, I think all those computer-based operations will be replaced by something called "Scribble". Scribble would allow you to create content linked to any site/page/profile/post/URL/etc. With Scribble, you get your own home page you, and everyone else, can Scribble on. You can comment on on-line videos, pics, and, of course, scribbles (creating an on-the-spot threaded message board). Scribble subscriptions (called "Subscribbling") can similarly be user-based, page-based, post-based, URL-based, Scribble-based, etc. I imagine Google's already got this, however.
2ManyAndersons		#12	[-]
Posts: 10118 (08/11/09 12:54 AM) has no presence anymore Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Better watch it, Scree. The Google thugs will probably be banging down your door anytime now.
honeybadger		#13	[-]
Posts: 247 (08/11/09 01:04 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	interesting how other than geocities, the list is split into early, non-brand things, and the second, later half is branded companies. well, kind of interesting. but don't lots of people email and text and instant message who aren't scammers or sexual predators?
Screerider		#14	[-]
Posts: 25005 (08/11/09 01:11 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Scribble connections can be configured with privacy settings, of various levels (know the URL, be on a list, etc.). You can Scribble audio content, and Subscribble with a cell phone to a particular phone number at a particular time, essentially creating a VOIP phone call. You can Subscribble to video streams, replacing your cable service. Create webmeetings on-the-spot, sharing documents, what-have-you, replacing Live Meeting. Scribble on a date, you've got a Calendar reminder. Scribble on your own computer's files, you've got categorical tags. It's an all-in-one, electronic-content management service. If Google does this, I hope it's not called Gooble.
YemaGrl1988		#15	[-]
Posts: 7688 (08/11/09 01:27 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	survivorjb2003 wrote: OMG I HAVE A SUBNIC NOW!!! Thank you Uncle Anti <333333 I'm totally jealous.
izad		#16	[-]
Posts: 5464 (08/11/09 01:36 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	USENET NEWSGROUPS >>>>>>> message boards. man, i miss pine.
SuperJude		#17	[-]
Posts: 13425 (08/11/09 02:33 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	My guess is THESE: -SJ™
MidwayHaven		#18	[-]
Posts: 3291 (08/11/09 02:35 AM) MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Voice Twitter?
Beefcake		#19	[-]
Posts: 3687 (08/11/09 06:33 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I suspect Twitter will end up being more of a fad than a trend. It's fairly new and already starting to be mocked. I think most of the trends mentioned in the OP are driven by teenagers. Texting is just email for people who don't work in an office (eg, students) and Facebook/MySpace is an electronic forum for teenage angst. What better way to bring the anxiety of high school to everyone by counting up how many "friends" you have? As best I can tell, the only people who care about Facebook are teenagers and stay at home moms obsessively posting pictures of their kids. Most of the more recent "innovations" for the internet (blogging, FB, twitter) seem to be outlets for self-absorption. I don't have any bold predictions for the future, though. I'm happy mocking other peoples' self-obsession.
merkyl		#20	[-]
Posts: 62087 (08/11/09 06:35 AM) Registered loser Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Wonderful World Remove this ad We'll all communicate through STDs.

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