Social Media: Now and Then

Whadup wif Social Media??

After some time, akhirnya Oma mulai 'eksis' lagi di dunia maya.

Ternyata bener-bener ketinggalan buanyaaaaaaaaaak ya. Oma pikir cuma ada Friendster, Facebook, Myspace, Multiply, and that's it!

Ternyata ada yang namanya LinkedIn, Reunion, Hyves, dan masiiiih buanyak lagi. Can you imagine how fast this world moves forward? Unbelievable! Itu hanya social networking sites.

Social Media tuh ternyata buanyaaak macemnya. Ada yang namanya Social News Sites, Micro blogs (kayak Twitter, Plurk), Social Bookmarking, Multimedia sharing, Wikis,.. en you name it deh!

Mpe sekarang Oma uda punya:
1. Facebook
2. Friendster
3. Multiply
4. Twitter
5. Plurk

Yang laennya ya cuma liat-liat doang. Not ready for commitment yet :P

Tapi beneran ya, Oma ngga habis pikir, this world is changing rapidly. Jaman 10-15 taun lalu, Internet di Indo masih pake telkomnet yang lambreta bambang. Jaman chatting-chatting di mIRC. Gila ya!

Ngga usa ngeliat jauh-jauh banget, coba bandingin dengan jaman pas Oma kuliah, 6 taun lalu. Di Belanda aja internet masih belum se-booming ini.

Pas itu Oma masih PJJ (pacaran jarak jauh). Dan bayangkan betapa susahnya. Messenger yang paling IN pada saat itu ya cuma MSN. YM masih belum se-booming sekarang. Skype masih belum ada! Kalo mo webcam-an. waktu itu Oma pake NetMeeting. Blog masih belum ada, so, Oma masih punya beberapa buku diary. Youtube atau Last.fm masih belum se-update sekarang (dan of course pas itu internet connection masih lambat), atau malah belum ada ya? So,.. dulu dengerin musiknya pake Discman atau MP3 player (yang harganya masih mahal), dan harus beli yang anti-shock, karena kalo dibawa jalan-jalan

Unbelievable!

Jadi ngga berani bayangin apa yang akan terjadi taun depan. Atau, akhir taun ini.

Weleh, weleh,....

So, Social Media, Welcome to my life! ^^

Comments

pOe said…

emang ni. kebayang gak sih beberapa taon lalu kita masih nggak mengenal yang namanya internet, dan bisa idup baek2 aja. sekarang, sehari nggak pegang internet, gak buka FB, or gak posting di plurk, rasanya ada yang kurang. teknologi...teknologi... membuat orang semakin dekat, namun juga berjauhan pada saat yang bersamaan...

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