Are the facebooks and twitters of today the 8 tracks and cassettes of yesterday?

[Dear Dogma]

[ForeverKokiri]

No, the Mp3 players of today are the 8-tracks and Cassettes of yesterday.

[GOD]

in about 20 years yeah!

[OBlivin]

definitely yes, and the same will be true of tomorrows technology. as long as there is new technology there will always be new technology

[Joshua]

If you're referring to the idea of these things being similar to trending items then yes I would believe that statement to be somewhat true. However, these things share nothing in comparison to the functionality and operations they perform. Facebook and Twitter are forms of social networking tools that keep people connected with one another. While the function of 8 tracks and cassettes perform solely as auditory instruments. It also seems that much larger corporations have come to adopt Facebook as an asset to their business, so they may come to be much more then a trending element.

[Owl.]

Yes.

[v]

There will always be social media sites, but they'll change over time as young people use different ones to get away from the prying eyes of their parents.
It looks like tumblr will be the next hot spot for teens and twenty-somethings. And once their parents catch on and start using it too, the kids will move somewhere else. And so on and so on.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technolo...3418.story

[gentlemeal055]

Na. In 30 years, everyone will be directly interfaced with the people they're following. We'll all be instantly updated with everyone else's thoughts.

Status update: Edward is checking out the waitress.
Status update: Hermione is walking out of the restaurant and changing Edward's status to Single.
Status update: Christian Grey Jones is posting naughty pictures of Herminone on his Memory Wall.
Status update: Hermione's mum is aghast.
Status update: The waitress is slapping Edward.
Status update: Christian Grey Jones is friending the waitress.