Posted by: JBSpudster
Perhaps it's just wishful thinking, but I don't see why Bungie would feel the need to integrate those external social mediums when we've already got a lot of social tools at our disposal here.Forums, private groups, and private messages are the only tools we have, all of which are pretty archaic amongst the technology other services/sites you find nowadays.
Posted by: JBSpudster
Private groups, along with a few other new site features, could basically do everything those sites could and more. Add few tweaks to make private groups and Bungie's next game intermingle, and you've already got yourself a very relevant and strong social network for the game.Absolutely disagreed. Facebook, for instance, is by far the most popular social network in the world, not Bungie.net and not a Bungie.net private group. Further, my social network is not all comprised of Bungie.net users. How will they get to see what I've been up to?
Posted by: JBSpudster
The YouTube idea or yours is interesting, but I personally have no interest in integrating the other sites into my Bnet / gaming experience. I'd rather keep things, as Lobster Fish mentioned, traditionally internal to Bungie.I think Bungie has realised the potential and power of social networks in recent years with their use of Twitter and Facebook accounts. So I can only see that kind of usage/integration expanding and increasing in the future, especially where well-known and useful services like YouTube can be used.