Over the past few days I’ve been thinking more about this site as I begin to ramp up. In particular I’ve been trying to figure out all of the topics that I’ll be covering on this site. As I previously said, this site will cover everything that’s social on the web but what does that mean? For me it means social networks, social media, mobile and more. Then I stumbled upon the social starfish and all my questions were answered. The social starfish was recently developed by Darren Barefoot for Robert Scoble.
It is an excellent depiction of all that’s social on the web. While it doesn’t encompass all the social sites it does accurately depict what each of the social segments of the web are. Those segments are:
- Social Networks
- Microblogs
- SMS
- Video
- Audio
- Photos
- Events
- Blogs
- Collaborative Tools and
- Wikis (which are also another collaborative tool)
While this diagram is not perfect, it is the best depiction I have seen so far of the social web. There are sections that overlap and there are brands that have gone missing from the diagram. Regardless, I plan on covering all that encompasses this diagram and more so look for a broad array of content to come in the near future. I also will be posting my first interview in the coming days! Do you think the social starfish is an accurate representation of the social web?
Update
One thing that I noticed missing from this diagram is social news sites like Digg and Mixx. Shouldn’t those go on here as well?
