A glimpse of what the future of 2020 has in store for so-called "friends" in social media.

1. Future of FriendsYear 2020 By: Tyler Wood, NerminGerges, NourDa’as

2. That is a friend in 2020 Friendswillbecomeanyonewho you come into contact with or even strangers Includes all colleagues, acquaintances, and real friends or friends of friends http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_ways_social_media_will_change_in_2010.php http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/173290

3. Concepts of friends Anyonewho knows you through someone else (6 degrees of separation) can become a part of your network and be a friend More friends all around the world http://blogging4jobs.com/social-media/the-future-of-social-media-in-2010

4. Future of Facebook http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/images/4/49/Facebook_joke.gif

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6. Future of friends in social media Distance and Physical walls will matter less Whuffie is a conceptual social Metric based on what others think of you. In the future this Metric might actually be usable as real money http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/envisioning-your-future-in-2020.html

7. Making friends in the future http://blog.hubspot.com/Portals/249/images//HubSpot-Making-Friends.gif

8. Future Qualities of Friends Online friends will be harder to be trusted with personal information Relational activities are done via the internet Face to face time will be gone! http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/social_media_starfish.jpg

11. Future Side effects http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/images/facebook-cartoon.jpg

12. Social Networking Identity is createdby the user to become whomever they desire online Status is built online through expansion of the a social network by adding friends casually and liberally This addition leads to a further reaching web providing more socialcapital Wikipedia - Online Identity

13. Social Capital With the Democratization of Online Social Networks, more social capital leads to more power So-called friends are used to give the user more power

14. Purpose of “Friends” Friends will exist as Weak ties With increased power from a vast network of friends, networking among weaker connections becomes more common Weak Ties and Diversity in Social Networks

15. http://bokardo.com/archives/weak-ties-and-diversity-in-social-networks/

16. Networking Amongst “Friends” Ideas or products are being spread simply and efficiently across social media sites Automatically done via Twitter, Facebook, or other social media sites Friends are added or removed selfishly to satisfy needs of a user

17. Connectivity Friends are more commonly less connected Friendships are built or destroyed with the simple click of a mouse button Cutting ties to people doesn’t trigger the same emotional difficulty due to lack of contact with individuals

18. Global Connections A vast amount of international connections are made By 2020 a large majority of the world population will own a mobile device Access to internet and social mediums is more predominant

19. Extensive Reach Smaller gaps between friends of different nations are more common Having several friends in many different countries leads to a unified global network

20. Very Loose Ties Cross continental friends are very weak ties Still a point of contact for people to become connected should they ever travel

21. Enhanced Trust Genuine information can be retrieved through friends willing to share knowledge Could be considered a more trustworthy source of information than the general public Knowledge Sharing

22. Feedback Feedback from friends ranks higher than strangers Power is derived from the collaboration of individuals fuelling each other It comes in the form of feedback within a couple degrees of separation

23. Challenges and Implications In the future, with technology advancing and becoming more convenient will come more privacy and security issues The public may have good or bad experiences with this

24. Experiences People stalking your profile and finding out information about you Private content will be accessible by the public Threats or reputation damage can be an issue http://sdow.semanticweb.org/2008/pub/slides/SDoW2008-slides-Beyond-Walled-Gardens-Open-Standards-for-the-Social-Web/

25. Experiences People may be more selective to accepting friend requests Bad experiences may lead people to shut down accounts Social networking companies may suffer losses

26. Experiences Good experiences may lead to more and more people joining social networking sites People may have issues in households because of some information they see on the internet

27. Identity, security With the ease of access to technology and mobile devices by 2020, security issues will be a top priority for government regulators Keeping information private will be a thing of the past – all information will be posted for the public to see and it will be very difficult to keep information

28. Identity, security People can create fake profiles There can be serious reputation damage Identity theft can occur People may create profiles of someone nonexistent http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/12/lindsay-lohan-facebook/

29. Identity, security People may hack into accounts and display wrong information on your behalf You may not be able to access your own account http://www.pc1news.com/news/0325/fake-profiles-on-fakebook-facebook.html

30. 2020… These few issues will occur and by 2020 we will see many changes on the social networking that exist today There may be more sites under development and some sites may have to shut down Hopefully there will be more ways to make the Internet a safer place than it is

31. …Could be difficult The challenges we will face in 2020 will be much harder than the ones we face today Not only will we have to look after ourselvesbut we will have to look after a much younger age group that will be using the internet and social networks

32. References Analysis: Some Facebook Privacy Issues Are Real, Some Are Not: http://www.insidefacebook.com/2010/05/11/analysis-some-facebook-privacy-issues-are-real-some-are-not/ Facebook, Privacy, and the Loss of Trust: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100513_facebook_privacy_and_the_loss_of_trust/ The Fake Facebook Accounts: http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/116217-FAKE-FACEBOOK-ACCOUNTS.aspx The Future of Social Networking websites: https://secure.nai.com/us/local_content/misc/threat_center/msj_future_social_networking.pdf Online Identity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_identity

33. References Democratization of Online Social Networks: http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2009/41--The-Democratization-of-Online-Social-Networks.aspx Weak Ties: http://bokardo.com/archives/weak-ties-and-diversity-in-social-networks/ World Images: http://www.libforall.org/photos/Global%20Network%20Web%20Image.02.JPG, http://kabrenlevinson.com/blog/images/globalnetwork.jpg Knowledge Sharing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_sharing Future of social media 2010: http://blogging4jobs.com/social-media/the-future-of-social-media-in-2010