> I think we're in for an era of a more social networks with distinct cohorts that want to do things in their own way, not necessarily prescribe to established

> I think we're in for an era of a more social networks with distinct cohorts that want to do things in their own way, not necessarily prescribe to established norms for web communities. Agreed, megaforums with links between them, but just enough to enable migration rather than direct contact, seems to be the way to go. I think another type of person is going to emerge from this though, and that's a lot of people who just decide to opt out. I like to think that people will take the experiences of Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and so on... and realize that disengagement from these platforms is in and of itself empowering. A move away from endless engagement, endless over-consumption of meaningless twaddle, and distancing from the sorts of people and drama that only really exist online in the first place. Maybe we can all finally accept that, "Twitter isn't a real place," and all that entails.