A Fundamental Truth of Social Media
I think there are likely several "fundamental truths" about social media. This is one of my theories based on all the research my firm has done on social media and people in the past three years; Fundamental Social Media Truth #1:
People Love to Talk
Tell me that isn't true! Ever since cave drawings we've wanted to share information. It's why we invented the printing press, then the telephone (Because Alexander Graham Bell wanted to share opera with the world.) And now the Internet and social media channels.
Elements that frame this truth are:
- We love tell secrets
- We love to feel peer acceptance
- We love to be heard (the self as celebrity complex)
- We love to be heard wen we a) know the audience and b) especially the thrill of not knowing the audience, but that one is there
This I think, is one of the Fundamental Truths of Social Media. I'm just philosophising here at random. Feel free to add to this our argue against. Are there other "Fundamental Truths of Social Media"?
