12.28.06

Mashable has 2007 Predictions

Posted in RSS, video, wisdom of crowds at 12:06 pm by Matthew Reinbold

Mashable, a great resource for the latest and greatest in the social software scene, has posted it’s list of 2007 predictions. While end of the year lists are vogue and mostly unfounded Pete Cashmore’s predictions actually have the weight of savvy analysis behind them. His list:

1. Online Contests Become Huge
2. RSS Won’t go Mainstream but Widgets will Explode like a Sony battery
3. Online Video Fallout by everyone not named YouTube
4. YouTube becomes bigger than MySpace (but nobody can meaure that)
5. Mobile Social takes off (even reading the description I’m not sure what this is)
6. YouTube meets dating – because cute folks aren’t popular enough already
7. Metacafe acquired
8. End of Flock? Bah, I predicted that last quarter.
9. TV Show related social networks – ugh; just give me compelling entertainment. Don’t make me work for it.
10. YouTube Celebrity Appears in a Hollywood Movie.

Full descriptions of each are on the Mashable site. Is he right? What are your predictions?

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