History of Social Media

A Great work by JD RUCKER to identify and well articulate the history of social networking. Certainly this has become not only an integral part of life but for some a life in itself. Rucker says “Looking back over the decades, we can see what has led up to this "social revolution" that is taking over the Internet and entering into our real lives. It seems that as a society, we share almost everything. What we eat, where we shop, what we're watching on television (or Hulu, or Netflix, or...)--slowly but surely everything is losing its status as "sacred" with sharing becoming the norm.”

So now we have experienced on how social media can change our life and surely at an unprecedented pace, thing how long you have been on twitter, Facebook, etc. Not so long… but now it has become a religion and as a ritual to visit the temple of social media on a daily basis.

Now the question arises – What and when would be the next paradigm shift in the social media space. While we look into the future it would be important to understand how the shift has happened. As nicely put by Rucker “To understand what's next with social networking, it's important to look back and see where we've been and what has gotten us here.”