Nick O’Neill of Social Times states that social networking sites will die in two years. In a recent poll that he conducted on the blog, Nick found that most people do not believe that social networking sites, such as Facebook, will eventually die. However, Nick predicts that, “within the next two years we are going to witness the proliferation of desktop social control panels which leverage various networks the same way that IM clients like Digsby and Gabtastik currently let users leverage any of their chat systems.” Nick also claims that he does not believe that social networking will necessarily kick the bucket, but that their ‘stand alone sites will soon be passé.’

Socialized’s Joel Postman states ‘there’s no such thing as a blogger.’ He argues that because the blogosphere is bombarded with a diverse crowd of users and subjects ‘classifying someone as a blogger doesn’t make sense.’ Joel claims that when a communication tool is new or not widely adopted yet, it is known as a strategy rather than a tactic or a tool. Rather than classifying a person who writes blogs as a blogger, Joel suggests people be called their actual titles, like a student, as ‘opposed to what communications tools they have chosen to use.’

According to aimClear Blog’s Marty Weintraub, people can destroy enemies using social media tools. Marty believes that, “in search marketing blogs and communities, social media reputation management experts inadvertently teach losers to build nightmarish nuclear bombs.” He states that the ‘best defensive tactics are undertaken preemptively,’ meaning that the best offense is a good defense by taking the time to build mini authority cross links. Marty also reminds fellow bloggers that although we offer advice to those losing in the battlefield, “we are also teaching the enemy how to take us on using our own weapons.”

The Viral Garden’s Mack Collier expresses his dismay on the infamous Twitter outages. He advises the folks at Twitter to ‘invest some time interacting’ with the loyal community that they’ve built by stating the reasons for their constant outages. Mack also goes on in saying, “There’s definitely something to be said for leaving a community alone and letting it grow organically, but at the same time, people will eventually leave a community if they feel that their opinions aren’t being heard or acted on.”

Mark O’Neill of Now Sourcing declares Friendfeed his current favorite social networking site even with the noise and information overflow. According to Mark, he finds the customized web application site to be useful for work and personal purposes. On the downside, Marks says, “By going through the link, the comments, the Like and God Knows what else, I find myself literally drowning.” Mark suggests that if Friendfeed cuts the noise, combines comments and works to improve features that it might turn into a ‘perfect web app.’