Comments on: For Millennials, Social Media Is Not All Fun and Games http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/millennial-mtv-study/ Fri, 24 May 2013 04:19:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Creative Designer http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/millennial-mtv-study/#comment-621666 Wed, 04 May 2011 23:51:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=338229#comment-621666 Sometimes it can be healthy to have an hour or more or even a day without being online. For me, it drives me to go out more and have that face to face time with people I connect with.

]]> By: Colleen Taylor http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/millennial-mtv-study/#comment-620786 Sun, 01 May 2011 07:13:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=338229#comment-620786 That’s really interesting Luke; I wonder what it was about the different formats that caused FOMO on one and not the other.

I’m certainly not quitting either anytime soon, so for me it’s been about managing the negative and positive effects. Although I definitely admire the discipline of going cold turkey!

]]> By: lonepanther http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/millennial-mtv-study/#comment-620778 Sun, 01 May 2011 04:43:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=338229#comment-620778 FOMO is the disease of idiotic minds. With youth revolutions all over the middle east and Africa this is the focus by media and the spoiled youth of the west?

Decline and fall baby!

]]> By: Luke http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/millennial-mtv-study/#comment-620663 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:21:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=338229#comment-620663 I suffered FOMO at one time myself… I solved it once and for all by cutting the cord and deleting Facebook altogether see: http://glitch7.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/why-i-am-leaving-facebook/ I did keep twitter as I seem to suffer no FOMO at all there and can easily missout on tweets and not feel deprived. I think it is the only way to actually find proper relief.

]]> By: Elias Shams http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/millennial-mtv-study/#comment-620657 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:12:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=338229#comment-620657 Colleen, It’s no brainer to see that social media is here to stay for good. Given vast variety of the existing channels to choose and stick with, it’s time for such a hot space to enter into a new category. There is a need for a portal to provide a quick and intelligent decision for both the consumer and the enterprise about their online connections.

A Platform to Help us to Distinguish Our Quality vs. Quantity Friends, Fans, Followers, and Companies

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, Flickr and others have been doing a decent job of providing additional marketing exposure and even in some cases, additional revenue. However, as more and more social networking sites pop up, how do you manage your brand across all these channels? Maybe more importantly, which one of these sites should you select as the one that will help you best reach your target audience? The proliferation of the social media avenues is becoming overwhelming.

This glut of information reminds me of the early 90’s when WWW was adopted broadly by the general public. Every company rushed to have a presence, to the point it became literally impossible to find the right information on the Web. That’s when a better generation of search engines – at first the Yahoo! and then Google – entered the market and helped us find the most relevant information by just typing simple keywords in their search box. If you had asked before Google launched, if there was a need for another search engine – most would have said no, we already have those….

Then came Web 1.0 & 2.0 – Youtube, Flickr, myspace, Facebook, Twitter and countless others have turned everyday people into content producers, influencers and experts. We basically tripled down on the information overload How do you know which channels to select for deploying your social media strategy? How do you know which one is the right channel to let your fans and followers to find you, your products, and services? Most importantly, who is Joe Smith that is recommending that person, that company, that product?

I hope my awesomize.me can accomplish such a mission. The site is not another social networking platform. Yet the portal to all your existing social media channels. The platform helps you, your fans, your potential clients to make an intelligent decision as to which company to connect to or follow via which social media channels and why? It’s free!

Elias
CEO & Founder
http://awesomize.me

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/millennial-mtv-study/#comment-620637 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:14:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=338229#comment-620637 Amen to that. I had to take a month off from the Internets to recoup :-)

]]> By: Sipp http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/millennial-mtv-study/#comment-620630 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:51:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=338229#comment-620630 The interesting thing is that the more ‘social’ people think they are, the less they actually are.
Sitting at a computer or attached to your smart phone & having conversations or ‘following’ people doesn’t make you ‘social’ in the sense of the word.
Agree with both of you, Balance is key :)

]]> By: Colleen Taylor http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/millennial-mtv-study/#comment-620609 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:13:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=338229#comment-620609 Ken, definitely can’t argue with that. Social networking online is great, but I think a lot of people are starting to realize that it can’t replace spending time with family and friends face-to-face.

]]> By: Ken http://gigaom.com/2011/04/29/millennial-mtv-study/#comment-620593 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:04:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=338229#comment-620593 Get some perspective on what’s important in life. Learn to use the Off button. Spend some time with somebody important in your life. Its really not that hard.

–Ken

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