Ben Parr on the importance of social media in today's world

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Posted on : 10-05-2009 | By : Vadim Lavrusik | In : Social Media

Tags: benparr, coveritlive, journalism, liveblog, mashable, socialmedia

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Here is a live chat that I participated in today at the Columbia Journalism School. We had Mashable’s Co-Editor Ben Parr come speak about the importance of social media in today’s world. A good thing to read through on his thoughts.

One thing that stuck out to me was that Parr thinks that we may be making money through “Facebook credits” in the future and that will be a form of social currency. He didn’t elaborate, but certainly a fascinating concept. Read more about his ideas below:

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