Communications Major

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Cultures may differ, but when it comes right down to being social animals, everyone has the same blood running though their thought-sharing, people-stalking and attention-seeking veins.

Gone are the days of "playing nice". HootSuite CEO describes social media's ongoing civil war.

Is Facebook boring? Is it merely a passing fad? Is it true that only 20% of its users ever click on an ad? New surveys this week say "Yes" to all of these questions. But are you ready to trade in your Facebook account to spend hours on Google+ or Airtime? Should you worry that social media may indeed be killing our species? These stories and more are what people are talking about online this week.

The past year saw a lot of changes in social media. Google's social site, Google+, saw huge growth and more activity, LinkedIn really got in the game, and Pinterest continued to pull in more traffic and more sales. Visuals also really became front and center and led the way for infographics, Vine video, and Instagram. To some degree, however, we're still finding our way in social. So many sites, so little time...