Thank you for the well thought out comment. Social Media although an amazing and powerful tool, it does have some downside. Is it healthy for us as individuals to feel that level of stress when a program goes down? Or is it something we will learn to understand? Interesting discussion.

I believe the shift in consumer behavior relating to self worth and Social has been facilitated by Social channels. I did a post a while back comparing Social Media to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. The parallels are pretty amazing. (And a little concerning at the same time.)

Looking forward to checking out your post on Micro Communications.

Thanks again.

Mike

Techno stress is a killer. Just yesterday when Hootsuite was down during their update, the frustration I felt was pretty significant. It’s almost unnerving to think back on how upset I got just because I couldn’t check my Twitter and Facebook feeds for a little while.

It seems like the desire for connectedness is there and extremely powerful. Once the conection is severed, it almost creates a sense of self-loss. Are social networks beginning to incorporate themselves into our sense of self to the point losing the network actually equates to losing part of the self?

I have been toying with the idea of blogging about micro-communications for a little while (this post gives me more food for thought). I’m not sure I agree that there will be a major shift to voice over text. Perhaps in some situations, such as your example, it could be useful. I do think, however, that while it is easier to speak, writing is more efficient in the long run for strategic communications. I can see voice communications for something like an internal networks, like a project management team within a company. I’m not so sure it would catch on for marketing to the public like text based networks have. But like you say, the future is unknown.