Many people think that the social network market is saturated and already fulfilled. They’re so many choices with of course Facebook being the most recognized. But a social network is ever evolving, it changes with the social needs of society. However, a social network is made up off some universal components such as a method to communicate with each other, a method to share, a method to be creative and basically a method to network. Minecraft has all these components and more and that’s why we think of Minecraft as a social network.

Components of a Social Network

-Live news feed

-Method to communicate

-A certain level of customization

-Moderation tools

-Sharing methods

-Made up of many users

-Must waste plenty of time

-Able to stalk your ex

Minecraft as a social network makes perfect sense. Minecraft definitely contains all elements of a social network. Minecraft has a large user base, a method to communicate, moderation tools, and its fun to use.



Future of the Social Network

As technology improves you are going to see this tech combined with what we wear, even possibily implanted in us. With that being said, we know that its only a matter of time before everything around us will be able to interface with us. We’re going to need a social network which can interface with all this new tech.

In the augmented/virtual reality world of tomorrow, when you want to see what your friends are to, you aren’t going to log onto a computer, you will use augmented reality or virtual reality goggles and jump literally on the information super highway to your friends virtual domain. If you look at the way Minecraft is designed, a sandbox virtual world that is forever-evolving, you realize that it’s just like the internet.

On a social network when you want to share a pic you can just post a link. In Minecraft you will be able to create a portal that any viewer can walk into to see what you shared. On a Social network you can have group chats. In Minecraft you can chat in groups as well. Just like Myspace use to allow customizing, in Minecraft, you literally can build worlds, how is that for customizing?!

What’s Missing?

Minecraft as a social network sounds like a great idea, and even if Minecraft never becomes a social networks, it has the potential of being one. It was intended to be a game and not a social network so there’s a few things missing. The ability to share files, the ability to share links, the ability to like, or poke, or post status updates.

Ultimately, we would like to see Minecraft head this way, in many ways you can say it’s ALREADY a social network, its just not framed that way. Do you think of Minecraft as a social network?

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