Archive for the ‘Sociability’ Category

December 19, 2008 5

Offline communities

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Every evening you will see taxis lined up at the end of Chelsea Bridge in London. It is not a taxi rank, the drivers are visiting a van selling coffee, tea and burgers. The question is whether they are there for the food and drink, or to participate in a micro-community. I think the latter, [...]

December 9, 2008 0

Social Obligation

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One thing I’ve seen bubbling up in various research studies is the notion of “Social Obligation”. Here’s an example: “I received a friend request on Facebook from a guy called Tom. He’s a friend of a good friend of mine but I don’t really know him. To be honest, I’m not sure I like him, [...]

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December 4, 2008 0

Twitter’s messy reality

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Messy reality 1: Perceived effort outweighs perceived benefit I’m on Twitter, have been for ages, and have lots of friends and followers. The problem is that out of the 30 people I care about most in the world, only 1 is on Twitter. Out of those 30, almost all use personal email everyday, are online, [...]

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