Comments on: social media and the new normal: connected http://www.carlenlea.com/blogging/social-media-and-the-new-normal/ Exploring the connections between of technology and culture Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:55:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CarlenLea http://www.carlenlea.com/blogging/social-media-and-the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 CarlenLea Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:38:15 +0000 http://www.carlenlea.com/blogging/social-media-and-the-new-normal/#comment-1746 Tish -- right back at you on the "good point." Sorry it's taken me so long to respond. One of the big things that many studies are now looking at are the "why" of social networks online and it seems like the most successful ones are those that help people reinforce pre-existing social networks. Can't quote the study right now, but I'm sure I could dig it out if need be. Why people engage with particular social sites and social computing features is really what we all need to be paying more attention to. Tish — right back at you on the “good point.” Sorry it’s taken me so long to respond. One of the big things that many studies are now looking at are the “why” of social networks online and it seems like the most successful ones are those that help people reinforce pre-existing social networks. Can’t quote the study right now, but I’m sure I could dig it out if need be.

Why people engage with particular social sites and social computing features is really what we all need to be paying more attention to.

]]> By: tish grier http://www.carlenlea.com/blogging/social-media-and-the-new-normal/comment-page-1/#comment-1633 tish grier Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:04 +0000 http://www.carlenlea.com/blogging/social-media-and-the-new-normal/#comment-1633 Good point about niche networks! not just that, but people will pick which niche works best for them and stay with that group (since the idea of the google's open API is just a way of moving the same people to another place.) From what I understand, Ning's been doing well because it allows for a cheap and easy way to build a niche social network site. But, eventually, if there isn't a reason to stay in that social network, then people will abandon it. Which raises the question of why we use soc. network sites anyway, and who uses them the most. That may change over time. Good point about niche networks! not just that, but people will pick which niche works best for them and stay with that group (since the idea of the google’s open API is just a way of moving the same people to another place.) From what I understand, Ning’s been doing well because it allows for a cheap and easy way to build a niche social network site. But, eventually, if there isn’t a reason to stay in that social network, then people will abandon it.

Which raises the question of why we use soc. network sites anyway, and who uses them the most. That may change over time.

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