The Jeff Pulver Blog: 2007: The Year of the Social Media Living Room

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November 12, 2007

2007: The Year of the Social Media Living Room

While 2007 will be known for many things, the one experience which stands out in my mind much more than the others is what I felt this summer when I first experienced the blurring of synchronous and asynchronous communications, shortly after I became active on both Facebook and twitter.

When I try to explain my experience to others, the best way I can describe it, is that it feels like I am inside of a “social media living room.” When I am inside my social media living room, I am never alone, regardless of the time of day or night. In my social media living room I find myself involved in the everyday lives of quite a number of people. Sometimes it is the conversation that gets my focus. Other times it is the pictures someone posted on Facebook which transports my mind to another place and time. Maybe it was the video message I received from a semi-total stranger that resonated with me. Or maybe it was the URL Robert Scoble just shared on twitter. In my social media living room, the physical location of the person does not matter. “Distance is dead.” I can feel as connected with someone in Melbourne, Australia and Tel Aviv, Israel as I can with someone from Toronto or Boston. While every experience is different, and there are different people involved depending upon the time of day I enter my social media living room, the one thing that is consistent is that just about every experience is engaging.

These days I experience my social media living room on weekday mornings around 6AM (EST) when I am home and I happen to be on both twitter and Facebook at the same time. Adding seismic to the mix just makes my morning even more interesting. Using social media I am able to start a conversation using one platform and seamlessly carry the conversation back and forth across various platforms, including email.

Everyone is welcome to my social media living room. Hope to catch up with YOU soon.

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Readers of my blog are invited to join me on both twitter and Facebook.

Tags: twitter, seesmic, facebook, Robert Scoble, Social Media, Social Media Living Room, Jeff Pulver

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"Distance is dead" in the "social media living room"- one of the coolest phrases/posts I've read in a while. This is like the 96th thesis of Cluetrain.

Posted by: Amanda Mooney at November 12, 2007 11:22 AM

Jeff, When I signed up for Facebook the "social media living room" was exactly what I was going for - and that's what I got. That spread to Twitter and a ton of interesting blogs and ... I'm having a great time.

Posted by: Jeff Cleveland at November 12, 2007 10:32 AM

I've got dibs on the comfiest couch in your social media living room! It's a pleasure hanging with you there. :)

Posted by: Julia Roy at November 12, 2007 10:20 AM

November 12, 2007

2007: The Year of the Social Media Living Room

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