DISQUS

Robert Felty · 2 years ago

One of the most succinct discussions on the topic I have read. (and I found the post from your friendfeed)

pageman · 2 years ago

Hi Paul,

for #13, what about "Ambient Intimacy" - http://www.slideshare.net/leisa/ambient-intimac...

and

#18. The ability to know who's "online" and "offline" in real-time

:)

Altay · 2 years ago

My first thought was this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_grooming. Primates and other animals groom each other to forge social bonds. "Micro-socializing" might be a human analog of that.

Based on the the picture on slide #9 in that slide show, it looks like the presenter actually touched on this idea. But I think "Social Grooming" is a better phrase than "Ambient Intimacy." Gives the idea a broader context. =)

Jim Konandreas · 2 years ago

I have a tough time calling social networking sites "product". They are 100% reliant on people feeding the system for the system to really mean anything. Facebook's definition is actually more accurate. It isn't a product. The people are the product. Facebook is just a utility that enables the product.

Jim
http://softwarejim.blogspot.com

Karthik · 2 years ago

The bad part is the criminal activities being staged on social networking sites in India. People are very liberal in sharing the personal details on scrap pages. I hate the so called social networking products. They are useless. I've discussed about their impacts at http://www.yemkay.com/?p=32

Kash · 2 years ago

Hi,
I saw your post. I must say....you are a fool! I don't think you really understand Paul Buchheit.

Big Poppa · 2 years ago

Typo "Enable to people to send messages to their friends" should be "Enable people to send messages to their friends."

nivi · 2 years ago

You might like this special issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication on social networks: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/index.html

I've been skimming it and it seems interesting.

Kowalski · 1 year ago

I think you are right this time

vaxen · 1 year ago

The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet."
—William Gibson

Your/My attention data expoited by a bunch of idiot kids who are too young to know any better...and who, in turn, are being exploited by a bunch of oldsters well acquainted with 'the great game' of dog eat dog.

"Exploitation at the hands of the buisness class..." - P.R. Sarkar

Social Networking is PR hype. Means that those who wish to market to you now have all your data plus all your friends and their friends and their friends data with which to cloud your, now bullshit, life - with their inane mass produced 'product!' Social Networking is NON LIFE and insidiously 'product oriented' wherein YOU are the product being exploited to the max! Humanity ultimately will regurgitate this trash to the dust bins of history as the anti-social networking movement engeanders a new thirst for...the handshake, the kiss...

No wonder Ted Nelson left Cyberspace!

Eliaski Sukiyaki · 1 year ago

Great post. I love it. Most of us is a user in social network but are we a smart user or a user without thinking. Who is having the last laugh, me and you or the website owner. Do you know that more social network site is dying. Watch this video at www.getonlinesuccess.com and find out why.

Dexrex · 1 year ago

I found social networking as a tool which had been primarily designed for social interaction and sharing. You can gain lots of friends and build reputation over the net.