Could it be that one of the key drivers of social media and web 2.0 is not going to be RSS feeds, tagging or any other form of technology - but rather the fact that for the first time in the evolution of the techosphere, women will have the opportunity to make a defining contribution?
At the moment - technology is dominated by men. Most bloggers appear to be men. They talk about technology and gadgets and they build more technology and gadgets. However, at the end of the day, all this technology is simply a set of tools and it is what we do with it that counts. The dominant themes here are all about conversation, networking, engagement, participation - things that women are better at than men. Already I see that female commentators and pundits (in the rare instances you can find them) have a much greater appreciation and understanding, on the whole, of the real future direction of social media than men.
I don't know if this has been done - but I would guess that there are (or will shortly be) more women subscribed to My Space than men and their role in shaping its usage and development will be considerable.
Could it be that one of the role-outs of social media is that for the first time since male dominated, mono-theistic religions set the rules for the (limited) participation of women in society, we have an opportunity to create a society with a much more balanced and productive role for both sexes?
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