I ran across this today and I thought it was funny to look at this comical representation of how social web has developed like a bunch islands and separate land masses.

It will be interesting to see how things progress over the next few months and years, considering the recent announcements about the Facebook/Microsoft deal and Google’s new OpenSocial project.

I think this could be a turning point for social media, but there are a lot of ifs. Here are a few of questions I have been asking myself:

  1. What does this recent news mean for users like us?
  2. What does it mean as marketers?
  3. Conversation is the key. Will these alliances ultimately aid or hinder conversation?

What do you think?


(Note: I don’t know who to credit for this comic. If you know who did it please let me know and I will rightfully credit their fabulous work.)

Update: Razboz informed me that the comic comes from XKCD