I love introducing new social technology to people and watching them go through the 5 stages of social denial. They usually look something like this:
Stage 1: The “Aw Hell No” Stage (today this would be things like Blippy — blog post coming about this btw)
“That’s so lame, no one will use it” or “I don’t need another X in my life” or “That’s trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist” or “GASP, what about my privacy!”
Stage 2: The Lurking Stage (today this would be Google Wave)
“Hm, ok, its interesting to see what other people are doing on this but its not something I’d ever do” or “I can see how its valuable for those kind of people, but not for me”
Stage 3: The Reluctant Trial Stage (today this would be Farmville)
“Ok, since we talked at least 10 other people I know have suggested this, so I guess I’ll try it”
Stage 4: The Momentum Stage (today this would be services like Foursquare)
“Wow, I’m really starting to dig this” or “You’ll never guess what level I just achieved/friend I just met/place I just found out about from this service!”
Stage 5: The Changed My Life Stage (today this would be Facebook and Twitter)
“If this service ever goes out of business, I’m going to die”
Stage 6. The Loss Stage (today this would be AOL instant messenger) ~ addition by @lance
“Golly I don’t IM that much anymore.”
Stage 7. The Grandpa Stage ~ addition by @andrewwatson
Where the young punks of the day don’t even know what you’re talking about? MOO? MUD? BBS? Usenet? WTF?
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