Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
I thought this was well expressed by Fred Stutzman on his piece Social Network Transitions: “To generalize, let’s consider two types of social networks: ego-centric and object-centric. An ego-centric social network places the individual as the core of the network experience (Orkut, Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendster) while the object-centric network places a non-ego element at the … Read more
I recently read the current definition of Social Graph at Wikipedia, and how it compares to the definition of a Social Network: A social graph consists of who an individual is connected to based on the type of connections, such as work, friendship, interests, and location. It differs from a social network, which consists of … Read more
Danah Boyd (apophenia) together with Nicole Ellison, have published the introduction piece of a very interesting paper on social networking — see the announcement at danah’s blog, and also see the introduction to Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Abstract: Social network sites (SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of academic and industry researchers … Read more
Nielsen//NetRatings reports the top social network portals for September 2007: Top social networking sites in September 2007 Audience, 000 Growth Site September 2006 September 2007 YTY Myspace.com 47,189 58,581 24% Facebook 7,765 18,090 133% Classmates Online 13,291 13,313 0% Windows Live Spaces 7,782 10,275 32% AOL Hometown 9,997 7,685 -23% Reunion.com 4,712 4,845 3% … Read more
Update (Nov 1st): MySpace joins Google’s OpenSocial. More updates: Adding more reference links at the bottom of this entry Google has announced its open social API. Very interesting. This can be big and a leap forward, converging into one service all social information and activities currently spread out across many social portals and platforms. Based … Read more
Shawn Conahan, CEO @ Intercasting, wrote and interesting piece titled Decoupling social networking, but his following statement is just strange: “Simply put, Communication is more valuable than Search. ” I was going to leave a comment in his blog, but couldn’t find how, so I am writing here instead. I understand where Shawn is going … Read more
In his post David Beisel covers potential methods for Social Media Monetization; a very good summary. I personally believe that monetizing from social software is a very hard thing to do; everyone loves social networking, but few wants to pay for it. Below are David’s potential ways to monetize social media, paraphrased as I’ve interpreted … Read more
Very funny, and so true! Click to Enlarge (go to The Gaping Void) ceo
A very good piece by Shawn Conahan of Intercasting Corp., makers of Rabble – see “Social Networking” is a Construct (part 1 of 2). I share many of Shawn's concepts and definitions. Related to this topic see Elements of Social Networks Software. ceo
On his blog, Tristan Louis wrote 5 reasons why social networks can succeed. But what Tristan has described is much more than 5 reasons to succeed – he described the true essence of social networks software: Viral Nature Provides an Online Identity Enhances Knowledge Satisfies humans basic need to share Satisfies humans basic need to … Read more