socialmedian: 4 Questions for Every Early Adopter

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Aug 28, 2008

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The battle lines have been drawn today. You’re with us or you’re against us. You’re cool and hip or lame and square. No, I’m not talking about political lines (for once), I’m talking about the early adopters versus the mainstream, or as Robert Scoble framed it: the passionates versus the non-passionates.

What, though, is a passionate (sometimes referred to as an ‘evangelist’)? What is the definition of an early-adopter?

Quite simply, and perhaps obviously, it’s a person who embraces new technology before most other people do. Early adopters tend to buy or try out new hardware items and programs, and new versions of existing programs, sooner than most of their peers.

Remember, I’m Describing the Stereotype…

Early adopters in the Web punditry sector, though, have a particularly precise stereotype. Just like all stereotypes, it’s not perfectly accurate across all examples, but it exists for a reason.

What is the stereotype then? Well, your typical Web early adopter has more logins and passwords than they could possibly ever keep track of. They’re in a constant race

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Comments (2)

Klrabbit,

Sep 04, 2008

early adopter should remember they are ahead of the curve, not everyone will know what they are talking about at times. Just because something is popular in their world, doesn't make it popular everywhere