The Next Big Thing in Social Media

Social media is huge! I've been on it for 8 years now. But are any of you starting to get a little overwhelmed by the number of social apps that you "have" to use every day? Are any of you annoyed by the stupid retweets of people you don't know by people you've only "met" online? Are any of you budding bloggers shocked by some of the comments you get in the blogosphere?

I am! I hate that "making it" in the online world means wading through trolls, tweets, and timelines. Maybe it sounds silly or like I'm complaining, but think about it: the next big thing is not going to be another social media site or app. We already have enough apps on which to check-in, like things, and share every little thing that crosses our mind. And there are already apps to combine all your social media sites, so it won't be something like that.

The next big thing is going to be multimedia, but it's going to be chic and clean. I know Myspace just revamped to try be like this, but there is too much on there and it's not original. It's still so social network-y and they kept the name which ties it back to our high school days. The next big thing has to be completely new, not a stripped-down version of something everyone already has.

The next big thing is going to be for the modern "renaissance man/woman": someone who doesn't want to just blog or just sew or just go get a career job. But it can't be for the people who just don't want to go do the typical career thing; it's got to be for the creative people who can do more than one thing very well and doesn't want to be pigeon-holed into a job that they do well in, but abandons their other talents. I mean, sure it's good to be a specialist and be fantastic at what you do, but what about people who are generalists but can specialize in anything when they need to? Those people, the ones who don't want to settle on one job and won't settle for less than perfection, are the ones the next big thing is for.

I don't completely know what it is yet, but the next big thing is coming. And it's going to be big. And it might be me. Or it might be you!

"Be the change you wish to see in the world." --Gandhi