Rubel’s Social-media Universe

  • el
  • pt
  • by Frank Paynter on June 1, 2026

    Writing in Ad Age, Steve Rubel shares the following trope… (thanks to my favorite ads-keteer for the link):

    Galaxies: centers of gravity pulling together like-minded individuals, such as YouTube, Digg, Flickr and Second Life.

    Stars: online celebs, such as Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble, Flickr fiend Thomas Hawk and YouTube addict Nornna.

    Planets: individuals who follow the stars, influential in their own right.

    Shooting stars: insta-celebs that create neat videos and then fade away.

    Comets: recurring themes, such as transparency, veracity and entitlement.

    Asteroids: desolate, lifeless places with negative energy — think spam blogs.

    (Yes, Rubel’s column has an RSS feed.)

    { 2 trackbacks }

    Le Blogueur » Les stars des nouveaux-nouveaux médias
    08.02.06 at 5:52
    Micro Persuasion
    08.04.06 at 5:56

    { 0 comments… add one now }

    Leave a Comment

    You can use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>