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The state of Social

The state of Social

At Google, we've long believed that 'social' isn't something you go to a site to do. Or something you add as an afterthought to existing functionality. Instead it's a pervasive layer that affects everything. But even as social software becomes ubiquitous, its very nature is changing.
Many of the old truisms are being overturned. What's replacing them?

Ade Oshineye
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September 25, 2014
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  1. THE STATE OF SOCIAL
    Ade Oshineye

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  2. I work for a search engine

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  3. 3
    What was social?
    http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-01-17/

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  4. 4
    Islands and streams
    https://medium.com/the-nib/dont-cross-the-streams-9f430d657ef6

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  5. 5
    1 or few platforms

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  6. 6
    Social buttons everywhere

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  7. 7
    A social layer

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  8. THE MOBILE REVOLUTION

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  9. Feature phones versus Smartphones?

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  10. MORE MOBILES THAN TOOTHBRUSHES
    700M iOS
    1.1B Android devices
    >1 phone per person

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  11. NEW SENSORS
    NEW SCENARIOS
    NEW OPPORTUNITIES

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  12. 12
    Revolution?
    https://twitter.com/NeelieKroesEU/status/328779137206587394

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  13. NAME A MESSAGING APP?

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  14. INSIGHT #1

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  15. SMS IS EXPENSIVE AND MORIBUND

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  16. INSIGHT #2

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  17. MOBILE PHONE CONTACTS ARE AN
    OPEN SOCIAL GRAPH

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  18. 18
    WhatsApp, opportunity and sensitivity
    SMS for onboarding
    The right graph
    Subtle business model

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  19. 19
    Everything’s better with messaging
    Instagram
    Meetup
    Pinterest
    Hangouts

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  20. 20
    Embedded messaging as a service
    https://layer.com/

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  21. 21
    Traditional Youtube success story
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpqBNn_BfKE

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  22. 22
    Multiple media and multiple networks
    https://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee/about

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  23. THE BEST (VIDEO) CAMERA IS THE ONE
    YOU HAVE WITH YOU
    Video changes this old adage

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  24. 24
    Hyperlapse and social discovery
    It’s an app that doesn’t have it’s own social network. It’s just for feeding other networks.
    Youtube Capture does the same thing for video

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  25. 25
    Flickr and Twitter
    Most of the traffic to my Flickr account comes from other networks

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  26. 26
    PewDiePie and Flappy Bird
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQz6xhlOt18
    30 million subscribers
    Official Youtube 22.1 million

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  27. 27
    All games are social
    The game on the left is the game of games.
    The game on the right combines: Facebook, Google+ and Game Center

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  28. 28
    Native + Social advertising

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  29. 29
    Future?
    http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-12-11/

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