Comments on: The End of Early Adoption

By: Adoption Services

Adoption Services — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:51:09 +0000

Social media is entering the “main stream” stage. There is no doubt about it anymore that if you’re not on some social channel you’re missing an opportunity. But I still think that there are a lot of people that still haven't joined in. Social networking mirrors real life networking but can be more efficient. More will come— it will be a while before the bubble pops.

By: MikeHardly

MikeHardly — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:11:03 +0000

That is an interesting point. Your initial user base determines the direction of your community. When the cloud of buzz blows it, it's those same early users that work to keep the "point" alive.
I agree, let's see Twitter start to evolve,the mainstream adoption that's now coming is interesting.

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By: MikeHardly

MikeHardly — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:08:54 +0000

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By: johnpetersen

johnpetersen — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:53:33 +0000

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By: Maggy Young

Maggy Young — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:05:03 +0000

With the multiplicity of sites, tools & apps emerging daily, it can only be the early adopters who keep them going & provide them with any kind of credence. There are too many & in reality offering so little extra to become mainstream. Maybe Social is an early adopter media which will fade. There are some who haven't grasped what Facebook or MySpace is really about – but everyone has always known what Ebay was about.

By: sbspalding

sbspalding — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:29:43 +0000

That is an interesting point. Your initial user base determines the direction of your community. When the cloud of buzz blows it, it's those same early users that work to keep the “point” alive.

Most of the time, at least.

By: sbspalding

sbspalding — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:27:16 +0000

I would bet the index is pretty high.

That's why I am going to have a hard time really believing this whole Social business is anything more than an early adopters market until we start seeing more applications where the tools we create are being used for more than just talking about those same tools.

More broadly, great post Greg!

By: Retail$mart

Retail$mart — Sun, 04 May 2008 06:14:06 +0000

Early adoptions that fade (i.e don't go to next stage) have been around forever: it is called a fad.
In social media there is a lot of talking about the media as opposed to using the media. (It would be interesting to calculate the index of blog posts for example that are about blogging). This is a sure sign that there is a lot of information incest… which points to fads…

By: jeremiah owyang

jeremiah owyang — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:46:43 +0000

Thanks for this very thoughtful post, I might as well as you, as you've got some excellent thoughts on this.

I agree, let's see Twitter start to evolve,the mainstream adoption that's now coming is interesting.

By: suzymiller

suzymiller — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:33:18 +0000

I'm not sure there is any real cred in being an early adopter of anything. However – early adopters tend to have a solid grasp of the original ethos and vision of new technologies which can get lost in all the buzz.

Perhaps the real role of early adopters is not just to spread the initial marketing buzz, but also to help patrol some kind of authenticity of vision, even if that is just by bitching on Twitter.