The Next Next Big Thing
If you find yourself trying desperately to stay relevant in the world of ultra-hip social media websites, consider this. Chewing Trident Whatever site is presently the “Next Big Thing” will never actually make it to the status of “The Big Thing”.
By the time you finally get comfortable using whatever “It” happens to be, it goes out of style faster than grunge did in the mid 90s. Two years ago, a typical embarassing conversation might go something like this:
You: “Hey, let’s be friends on MySpace!”
Them: “Pssh, don’t you know everyone’s on FaceBook these days?”
Last year:
You: “Hey, check out my FaceBook status. It’s hilarious!”
Them: “LOL, you aren’t on Twitter yet?”
This year:
You: “Hey, did you get that email I sent you?”
Them: “Email? What’s that? I only know how to Wave.”
We’ve tried monetizing “The Next Big Thing” but haven’t had much success. No one seems to want to buy our limited-edition collectible screenshot of Google Beta on eBay. So here it is for free, our gift to you.
Our advice is to stop trying and just use what works. I can’t believe you thought I was posting this on Tumblr, everyone knows Tumblweed is where it’s at!
do Tumblr t-shirts exist?
I want.You only get one with universal health care. :-)
Hmmmm, it should have a digital counter in the middle that’s actually your tumbularity. Then, I’ll get to decide whether or not we should be friends based on that number!
— M.F. Power (on Tumblr Fail … and yelling at interns)
New Business Idea
How about this same exact business model, but for Tumblr? How much would you pay for a 1,000 tumblarity rating with 100 followers?
