What comes after Facebook?

[Jesda]

I'm wondering what the next big thing on the internet is. It probably isn't going to be a Facebook/Myspace knockoff like Google Plus. I imagine it will be something further integrated into daily life, something clever and more 'alive,' a social network that updates and manages itself.

Maybe everyone will have a video streaming app built into their phone. You'd "tune" into people on your list and see what they're up to from the perspective of their smartphone camera. You could have a grid of videos on your screen showing what your top 20 friends are doing all at once, streaming live. Creepy, isn't it? I don't think that's more than a couple years away, all the more reason to disconnect from everything (EXCEPT NICO OF COURSE).





For now, I'll stick to trolling Facebook the old fashioned way and leave you with a few gems:

[Razi]

Also... I'd tune in to stalk you, Jesda.

[sx moneypit]

Oh f***!!!

[King Ranzo]

Jesda, I f*** love you. Everything you do on Facebook makes me lol so damn hard. I wish I could troll as hard as you.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I don't know...Google + in it's current state might not be anything other than a Facebook wannabe, but with its whole-damn-internet-(which is all run by Google now anyway, right?)-integration, it's positioned to easily and dynamically evolve into EXACTLY the "something more integrated" you're talking about. It's highly mobile-oriented, with support for all the narcissism-feeding features kids love, like geotagging and insta-uploads for photos and all that shiz. If Google were to integrate the equivalent of facebook's ubiquitous "login using your facebook account" api, your account would be farking EVERYWHERE. Your forums, your youtube, your email, your Plus account, your searches, your newsfeeds, your blogs, EVERYTHING all in one. Where facebook created a kingdom from the ground up, Google's positioned to move in and sieze the throne. Their agents are everywhere, just waiting for the sign to start the revolution.

Of course, they've screwed up the social thing a few times, so it's very possible they'll get it wrong. But I think from the "more integrated" standpoint, there's no one better prepared than them.

I think we can expect Google Plus to evolve pretty rapidly and very dynamically throughout its early stages. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see your video streaming app happen as a part of that. Google does own Youtube, after all. "Hangouts" could easily be extended to include video.