Social Media: Don’t Believe the Hype?

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Image by birgerking
Whiteboard sketch about the internet, the future of social media, the opportunitys and goals of communities.

EDIT: I’ve upgraded my account, now the high resolution version is available! Sorry for spelling mistakes, I’m no english native!

EDIT 2:
Changed the CreativeCommons rights creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Feel free to do what you want to! Please let me know, when you want this sketch for commercial use or created something new based on this sketch.

EDIT 3 – 02.02.09:
Individual 802.11 created a great social media landscape visual based on my sketch: www.flickr.com/photos/7372907@N07/3212348947/ – watch it and give her some kudos!

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