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Is the context of time the untapped issue in social media development?
Started by Taylor Davidson · 1 year ago
What is the next force that will drive development and user expectations for web services?
The prevailing opinion I have heard is that it’s about context-based personalization.
Social context is obviously a top-of-mind focus of personalization at the moment, with a range of services attempting to bring aspects of social context into their services. The examples [...] ... Continue reading »
The prevailing opinion I have heard is that it’s about context-based personalization.
Social context is obviously a top-of-mind focus of personalization at the moment, with a range of services attempting to bring aspects of social context into their services. The examples [...] ... Continue reading »
1 year ago
http://shirky.com/writings/community_scale.html
On the one hand, SN's are great for "lowering interaction costs" and all that, but it seems like (in the status quo) they're just a more compelling form of entertainment than TV...
http://www.shirky.com/herecomeseverybody/2008/0...
It would be a real shame if the aggregate time wasted watching TV just shifted to being wasted thinking about whether Jane should "poke" Sally or just go ahead and request "friend" status...
(lol, I'm guilty ;-)
1 year ago
I'm actually not surprised. SN's are our display of our "unique" selves.
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/virt...
Shirky links are spot on, btw.
In any case I'm not going to take the task to change people's behaviour, but I'll provide them the tools and the "beacon" to show what they could be getting if they changed. If they don't change, then I'm not solving their pain points.