You know you’re reading about a hot topic when the headlines are so conflicting:

Women flock to social networking sites! The use of social networking is rising dramatically!

Use of social network sites decreases! Internet consumers may be scaling down their use of social networking sites…!

The pitfalls of social networking! Top 5 Social Networking Sites for Tweens!

You know your sector is where the cool kids hang out when you get these contrasts in a single Google Alert.

Web 2.0 will be defined as the era when user interaction technologies were fleshed out, tested and refined. I don’t, however think that Facebook will be around (in the same position) in the next two years, MySpace will probably be a digital ghetto where weirdos try to seduce noobs and we will generally be burned out hearing about every turd of data about our friends. In fact I am one of many people who are doing their best to not become a digital pariah.

Then the pendulum will swing back, and we will have found some useful applications for this powerful technology such as law enforcement, public safety, research, education and even quality entertainment.

It certainly looks like bubble 2.0, but most of us will be around to play with the next round of toys.

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