Comments on: Friends http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/ Rebecca Cottrell's blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:52:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rebecca http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-568 Rebecca Sat, 17 May 2008 11:36:36 +0000 http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-568 Hi Bill, I suggest you look at http://www.sussexdigital.com and get to know some of the geeks here. As you can see, there's quite a lot going on, and I'm sure people will be interested in what you're doing at Sussex. Rebecca Hi Bill,

I suggest you look at http://www.sussexdigital.com and get to know some of the geeks here. As you can see, there’s quite a lot going on, and I’m sure people will be interested in what you’re doing at Sussex.

Rebecca

]]> By: Bill Ashraf http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-558 Bill Ashraf Fri, 16 May 2008 14:39:14 +0000 http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-558 Dear Rebecca, Just thought I'd say hello as I've subscribed to your twitter feed (billash01). I've just been appointed to a new post at Sussex and I'm interested in understanding what's happening in the Brighton digital community especially if we can have inputs into enhancing the student experience by using technology to support their learning. If you know of anyone I should speak to/ contact I'd be grateful if you could drop me a line. Best wishes, Bill Dear Rebecca,

Just thought I’d say hello as I’ve subscribed to your twitter feed (billash01).

I’ve just been appointed to a new post at Sussex and I’m interested in understanding what’s happening in the Brighton digital community especially if we can have inputs into enhancing the student experience by using technology to support their learning.

If you know of anyone I should speak to/ contact I’d be grateful if you could drop me a line.

Best wishes,

Bill

]]> By: Rebecca Cottrell http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-57 Rebecca Cottrell Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:56:35 +0000 http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-57 Rob: I think you have a very good point there. I wonder if there are specific benefits for companies who consciously choose "club" or "community". The trouble with clubs is that unless new members are permitted, the members get bored of each other. The game of friend-adding ends. New members aren't admitted through the means of the social network, which makes it boring and redundant. Communities, however, are forever growing. Rob: I think you have a very good point there. I wonder if there are specific benefits for companies who consciously choose “club” or “community”. The trouble with clubs is that unless new members are permitted, the members get bored of each other. The game of friend-adding ends.

New members aren’t admitted through the means of the social network, which makes it boring and redundant. Communities, however, are forever growing.

]]> By: Rebecca Cottrell http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-56 Rebecca Cottrell Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:20:18 +0000 http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-56 That's interesting -- the idea that the internet somehow dehumanizes us by fragmenting us, which is implicit in your comment. Because by interacting in this way, we are automatically separated from "concomitant communication that takes place when humans interact in person". I'm not sure I agree. You receive a different experience of a person online. That’s interesting — the idea that the internet somehow dehumanizes us by fragmenting us, which is implicit in your comment. Because by interacting in this way, we are automatically separated from “concomitant communication that takes place when humans interact in person”.

I’m not sure I agree. You receive a different experience of a person online.

]]> By: David http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-54 David Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:30:44 +0000 http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-54 I love this: "platitudes of social oil" ... even though I think it unfairly denigrates normal, in-person interaction. ;) To separate verbal communication from the other, concomitant communication that takes place when humans interact in person (voice inflections, body language, etc.) is to dehumanize human interaction. I'm not saying our interactions are meaningless, but as most social networking Web sites currently exist, I'm not sure what or who it is we're interacting with; are we interacting with a whole person or just aspects of someone's identity? I love this: “platitudes of social oil” … even though I think it unfairly denigrates normal, in-person interaction. ;)

To separate verbal communication from the other, concomitant communication that takes place when humans interact in person (voice inflections, body language, etc.) is to dehumanize human interaction.

I’m not saying our interactions are meaningless, but as most social networking Web sites currently exist, I’m not sure what or who it is we’re interacting with; are we interacting with a whole person or just aspects of someone’s identity?

]]> By: rob fulop http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-49 rob fulop Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:41:56 +0000 http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/02/28/friends/#comment-49 There is a major difference between a "club" and a "community". A "club" is an exclusive, "members only" sort of thing. A "community" is by it's very nature, inclusive. Everybody knows that while a "clubhouse" is a private environment for a select few insiders ... a "community center" provides a 'drop in' environment available to whoever drops in. Facebook gives everybody the mechanism to maintain their own private club. MySpace is more community centric. As far as I can see, both seem to be thriving. There is a major difference between a “club” and a “community”. A “club” is an exclusive, “members only” sort of thing. A “community” is by it’s very nature, inclusive. Everybody knows that while a “clubhouse” is a private environment for a select few insiders … a “community center” provides a ‘drop in’ environment available to whoever drops in. Facebook gives everybody the mechanism to maintain their own private club. MySpace is more community centric. As far as I can see, both seem to be thriving.

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