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The Next Step in Social Media

11/22/2009 | By Richard Darell
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The Next Step in Social Media

To me, it sometimes feels like the whole Social Media and Web 2.0 concepts are stagnating a bit. Not too many new ideas are surfacing and the “Gurus” of Social Media are constantly going on and on about the same things over and over again. It’s like we’re waiting for someone to say something important. In my opinion, it’s us that are driving Social Media. It is us that are taking the necessary steps to further develop and incorporate Social Media where we feel it should go. As a web designer, I feel it is a great opportunity presented to me and I am surprised that not more designers feel the same way.  Instead they are staying in their comfort zone to make sure they follow the stream wherever it may be heading.

So, where does Bit Rebels foresee Social Media heading in the future? Well, as of today we’re trying out a new way for our visitors to join in on the conversation of our articles. We think Social Media is so much more than just commenting and pushing text to each other.  With our new feature here on Bit Rebels, you will be able to record your own voice or video comment directly here in the articles. If you all join in, it will become this ongoing conversation where you really see the people interacting. I am taking the first step towards that by having recorded an introduction video about where we at Bit Rebels foresee Social Media heading in the future and the impact it will have on the design and web design community.

As you will be able to understand from the video clip, we are using an up-coming service called “SnazL” and even though it is in its infancy right now, it packs some heavy and cool features. The user interface is quite straight forward and I urge you to play around with it for five minutes and I am sure you will become more than familiar with how to use it.

SnazL” is a great first step towards true interactivity, and at this point, the only way you’ll understand its true power is to sign up and use it for yourself. It’s instantly updating whenever someone is adding their thoughts to it. Also, you are able to embed it on your own website if you want to always be able to see the latest additions. So, ultimately it is a great way to have a continuous and ongoing conversation about the subjects that you are passionate about.

Subscribe to our first “SnazL” and join the future by adding your thoughts to it. Let’s take the next step towards the ultimate Social Media experience.

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Author: Richard Darell

Creatively inspired by everything design and music Richard Darell founded Bit Rebels in mid 2009. Focusing on design, geek and technology the site was to provide short and intense articles about knowledge building topics with a twist. Rapidly expanding Bit Rebels welcomed a slew of new writers to add their flavor to the site. In its first 4 months Bit Rebels will already have had over 1,000,000 views and growing. Richard shares his time between writing and producing songs for international artists as well as being a designer/developer and running BitRebels.com and Minervity.com. Richard hails from Stockholm, Sweden but also spends time in Los Angeles.


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Serge4hair

November 22nd, 2009

Sounds like youtube kinda but OK it’s a good step forward.

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Computer Video Tutorials

November 22nd, 2009

Thanks for informations. “SnazL” is really new.

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keeperofdreams

November 22nd, 2009

looks interesting … more personal contact..

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rj

November 22nd, 2009

Very interesting – thanks for post.

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Bevan Bird

November 22nd, 2009

I’m excited about this new development for sure! The personal contact will allow people to be more sincere, because dishonesty is much more visible in video than in text.

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meg

November 23rd, 2009

Neat Stuff, Guys! Looking forward to seeing where this goes! :D

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Susan (5 Minutes for Mom)

November 23rd, 2009

I’m glad to hear snazl getting more press. It’s a fabulous site and we love to use it. (Ameeda, the creator of snazl is a great friend of ours.)

We are very excited about video conversation and we’ve recently created a site to encourage simple vlogging style conversation — http://www.sayitfacetoface.com

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Alec

November 24th, 2009

Will snazl be overcome by the behemoth GoogleWave?

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