Do Social Networks Have Value?

On her blog, new media commentator B.L. Ochman looks at Social Networks (or Socnets as she calls them) and suggests that if you think about how they can be accessed b y the mobile phone, they offer a glimpse into the Internet’s future. She makes these points:

The “Real Work” is changing
Social networks can look like distractions from the “real” work of business. Business is built on relationships and strengthening relationships is much of the “real work”. Sometimes socnets are just a distraction, but more often, they help increase the strength of business and social connections relationships

Socnets are changing blogging, and much more
Already this form of micro-blogging has led me to use my blog for longer, more thoughtful posts (well, not always) and put the short takes and links in Twitter, or Facebook, or 8apps. This type of change by several well-known bloggers has caused some speculation that blogging is dying. That could not be farther from the truth. Blogging is evolving.

Shiny Object Syndrome
The A-list blog crowd is flitting around in what some call Shiny Object Syndrome (SOS) like moths to a flame. Nobody, repeat nobody, has time for active participation in six or eight social networks.

B.L. Ochman’s weblog