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Odin2005

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6. Mix this in with the current "social media" bubble...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed May 4, 2016, 02:27 PM

May 2016

...and I think we are about to see another Y2K-style tech crash. I remember seeing an info graphic showing the number of start-up tech companies centered around managing other companies "social media presence" increasing at an unsustainable rate in the last 3 years, going from dozens to thousands.

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Mix this in with the current "social media" bubble... Odin2005 May 2016 #6

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Sounds like .com all over again. Eleanors38 May 2016 #11