A collection of diagrams that TRY to illustrate the range of Social Media, Web 2.0, and related applications. I compiled this to show a client that "Social Media" (or So-Me as I often call it) is much more than just Twitter and Facebook. But warning: 1) they're geeky, 2) they're mind-bending in their complexity, and 3) are only somewhat successful... I particularly like the Brian Solis Conversation Prism and the Robert Scoble Starfish, while ugly, is a classic. The last two are just for fun.

1. Social Media "explained" in 6 complicated (but thought-provoking) pictures A collection of diagrams that try to simplify the social media universe….

3. The Scobleizer "Social Media Starfish" Author Date (ish) Source URL Robert Scoble / Darren Barefoot Nov. '07 http://scobleizer.com/2007/11/02/social-media-starfish/

5. Author Date (ish) Source URL Yael Elish Apr. '07 http://esnips.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/04/02/web20_alexa_value_chart_3.jpg

7. Author Date (ish) Source URL Ross Dawson May 2007 h ttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1185/1392311603_79444737ff.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2008/08/four_great_visu.html&usg=__LykNA4RH2PFPPvegBMiaVn9R7jk=&h=359&w=500&sz=99&hl=en&start=9&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=t3wf-1U4g6x_EM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSocial%2BMedia%2BStarfish%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

9. Version 1.0 – Jun '08 Version 2.0 Author Date (ish) Source URL Fred Cavazza Apr. '09 http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredcavazza/3428921418/sizes/l/

11. Version 1.0 – Aug '08 Version 2.0 – Mar '09 Author Date (ish) Source URL Brian Solis / Jesse Thomas Mar. '09 http://theconversationprism.com/1024/

13. Author Date (ish) Source URL Tom Cunniff Aug. '08 http://tjcnyc.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/social_mess_big.jpg

15. Social Media Venn Diagram Author Date (ish) Source URL T-shirt at Despair.com Jun. '09 http://www.despair.com/somevedi.html

17. 'nuff said. Thanks for your time.