Social networking is the next big thing… or is it?

Below are few links that discuss the present and future of social networking on the Web. Is the future an umbrella network that allows you to connect to multiple sites? Is the future corporate networks? Is there no future at all? Or are we just reinventing “new” tools with the same ingredients? The links below won’t give you any answers… but still interesting to read:

• Do You Want One Social Networking Profile to Rule Them All? - Web Worker Daily (August 20th 2007)
• Corporate Social Networking Startups Attract VC Funding - Information Week (August 21st 2007)
• The Internet’s new Dr. Spock? - CNET (August 17th 2007)
• Facebook surfers cost their bosses billions - Reuters (August 20th 2007)

The answer may very well be that social networking is in its infancy and that we have no idea were it is going to go. In the end… it will all depends on who can generate real bucks. In the meantime, I will go back playing games on Facebook, or am I supposed to do networking there?!