What Makes the Different Social Networks Tick? « I’m Not Actually a Geek - bhc3.wordpress
I want to map several social networks to understand them a little more. Not th technical ins-and-outs. More in sense of why people use the different networks. y cool: wh I want to know.
I picked four:
Facebook [everyone's social graph], MySpace [hipsters, hookups], LinkedIn [find a job], Ning [roll yr own - can create own networks w more control, ideal for areas interest].
Facebook’s best social interaction: core lifestream stuff w people you’ve known for years.
Clean interfaces, heavy alumni basis, & a relatively safe feel are key to its wide appeal.
It works well for keeping up w friends, social acquaintances, friends fr past. I think y make a decisn w Facebk: intend to use it to keep up w people to whom you really have a connctn? Or as a communicatn broadcast venue? I use it only for people w whom I have a relationship in th offline world. What makes Facebook great for friends makes it not good for business. There's the personal & goofy stuff you do on Facebk: blog about yr kids, talk politics, post party pix, family pix, throw sheep.

z0808 web a-before a-before - int re facebook, maybe make a tag. did start a tag 'lifestream' - when read about before ~ z0703 tagged as 'orginfo.' am int in facebook being distinguished by its news feed. (which, I am told, is actually very new). seems a good way to make the site feel very active. and your 'home' is not your profile page, but a page that shows what your friends are up to. better than logging in to a page about yourself, over & over.


August 26
Maria Christina joined Facebook. 6:58pm