When we reflect back on Social Media in 50 years, what will we have to say?
Well, it might be something like this FutureHipsters clip below. It’s a cute, funny, tounge-in-cheek video put together by Toronto-based agency Entrinsic, filmed in support of Social Media Week which is now a massive global event.
Eli Singer runs Entrinsic and has been a mover and a shaker in social leadership circles not only because he gets the true nature of social media, he lives and breathes it. His efforts have single-handedly widened the social scene for Toronto (CaseCamp, SM Week TO) and created an environment for all to learn and, well, be social with each other face-to-face versus screen-to-screen.
His tireless advocacy and community building is something that should be acknowledged and applauded. Good on you Eli. (Disclosure – not only are we good friends, I’ve teamed up with Eli on a few projects in the past.)
Check out the work below.
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Entertaining vid, though more about the social ‘memes’ (catch phrases, current expressions, etc.) rather than how the technology transforms as opposed to translates the social action. I *LOVE* your critical distinction of social media being important for more face to face rather than virtual contact. The first personal computing era anchored the individual to a physical location, so digitally-mediated contact was per force virtual. The key to social media is that it takes place on far more portable devices, allowing the digital enhancement (access, speed of interactivity, etc.) of real-time actions, enabling parallel participations (political, social, personal, virtual) and making actual versus virtual contact MORE possible. Really important point to exploiting in a good way the technology.