Will social media be the dominant influence on design?

Tools that improve information flow between people will empower a new generation of creativity. Social media allows contributions on a personal level. Collaboration on scales near the sum total of humanity will be possible in just a few years as we all become connected across language barriers.

The working definition for social media from wikipedia in respect to the post "Social media is information content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies that is intended to facilitate communications, influence and interaction with peers and with public audiences"

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