Posted in social software on Dec 25th, 2007 2 Comments »
PEW/Internet published a report on teens and social media. The full report is available here. I just want to highlight some points from the report that struck me most.
Basically use of web-based social media is central to teems life. 64% of teens (12-17) have experience with online content creation of certain type, be it blog, [...]
Posted in social software on Dec 11th, 2007 No Comments »
I came across a quite interesting article by Grant McCracken. He noted that the communication through social software/website such as Facebook, twitter can be characterized as ” phatic communication” -
This is communication with little hard, informational content, but lots of emotional and social content. Phatic communications doesn’t get much said, but it has social effects [...]
Posted in community, social software on Nov 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Fred Stutzman differentiated two types of social network sites: one as ego-centric (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn), the other as object-centric (e.g. Flickr). The basis for the ego-centric social network is the individual-centered social network; the basis for the object-centric social network is mostly the artifact or product.
Terry Anderson argues that
perhaps the best ESS (Educational social [...]
Posted in social software on Sep 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
There is an interesting article by Duncan Watts on NY Times concerning how the aggregate display influence people’s preference and online behavior.
The common-sense view, however, makes a big assumption: that when people make decisions about what they like, they do so independently of one another. But people almost never make decisions independently — in part [...]
Posted in social software, tagging on Sep 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
The discrepancy between the personal and public value of tagging has been a question sticking in my mind for a while. The book – “Everything is miscellaneous” by David Weinberger has some pretty good discussion on this.
Tagging grew out of a very personal need. “Tags let you remember things your way. “(p. 92. [...]
Posted in social software on Aug 26th, 2007 No Comments »
To continue on my earlier post on social software… A weblog by Barb Dybwad confirmed my earlier thoughts. He conceptualized Web 2.0 as the continuum between the personal and the social. Services like del.icio.us, first and foremost, enable the organization of information in personally meaningful ways. The social functions are just an exciting side [...]
Posted in participation, social software on Jul 19th, 2007 No Comments »
I bumped into this article today. It was meant for software company for developers regarding social software. I think it can still serve as a good framework to analyze what can attract people to participate. Here are the six building blocks:
Identity – a way of uniquely identifying people in the system
Presence – a way of [...]
Posted in social software on Jul 5th, 2007 No Comments »
I have given Twitter a little try after read Prof. Lawley’s blog. I have to admit that it was not for me. At first, it took me 10 minutes to sign up. It kept showing that someone already took the name… can’t believe so many Chinese people with the same name as me are interested [...]
