Comments on: Facebook retreats http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats Things that interest me. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: jason http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats/comment-page-1#comment-148895 jason Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:12:07 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats/#comment-148895 I wonder if this sort of problem isn't in itself embedded in the architecture itself... this has to be a question, as I'm not as versed in Facebook as I might... mostly because I wrote it off as uninteresting to me as an educator, though recognizing its interest to IS and sociology people. FB is one of the thin social technologies; linking people and building social networks, but never plumbing the depths of the individuals or social relationships. It is always the event, the happening, the cocktail party, the rave perhaps, (insert current social activity). It is not the kitchen conversation at a party, the dinner with Andre, tuesdays with Morrie. It may be a funeral, but never a wake. With thin social technologies, one can build a community, but never actually have a community, thinking back to Rheingold. It got me thinking of some of Wellman's stuff... it is not what we do with a technology that is important, it is what we say with a technology. I always rant that computers are tools for putting people in touch with people (and the personal products that they create). And I guess that this stands but with thin social technologies the connection is all that is there. Just a link, a line, contact information, event planner... I think I'll go finish this on my blog, this is getting interesting. I wonder if this sort of problem isn’t in itself embedded in the architecture itself… this has to be a question, as I’m not as versed in Facebook as I might… mostly because I wrote it off as uninteresting to me as an educator, though recognizing its interest to IS and sociology people. FB is one of the thin social technologies; linking people and building social networks, but never plumbing the depths of the individuals or social relationships. It is always the event, the happening, the cocktail party, the rave perhaps, (insert current social activity). It is not the kitchen conversation at a party, the dinner with Andre, tuesdays with Morrie. It may be a funeral, but never a wake. With thin social technologies, one can build a community, but never actually have a community, thinking back to Rheingold. It got me thinking of some of Wellman’s stuff… it is not what we do with a technology that is important, it is what we say with a technology. I always rant that computers are tools for putting people in touch with people (and the personal products that they create). And I guess that this stands but with thin social technologies the connection is all that is there. Just a link, a line, contact information, event planner… I think I’ll go finish this on my blog, this is getting interesting.

]]> By: « any world … http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats/comment-page-1#comment-148634 « any world … Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:37:17 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats/#comment-148634 [...] A little-known aspect of blogging is that it creates whole new ways for students to polish the apple, for example, <a href=”http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats/”>linking the teacher’s blog</a>. [...] [...] A little-known aspect of blogging is that it creates whole new ways for students to polish the apple, for example, <a href=”http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats/”>linking the teacher’s blog</a>. [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats/comment-page-1#comment-148119 Kevin Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:18:12 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats/#comment-148119 Yes, I also felt that the system's architecture allowed for self-organized protests to occur, in this case the system was used against itself. I <a href="http://theory.isthereason.com/?p=1229" rel="nofollow">shared a similar perspective</a> about the this event mirroring the AOL incident: "One word: Covergence. What Facebook has done is to simply put all the pieces of you in one place, sorta like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. An extreme worse case scenario was when AOL released search results of their users… we remember how netizens could piece together pieces to reveal pretty scary people, including someone who was clearly researching how to kill his wife. As such, the rules of privacy apply everywhere on the Internet, including Facebook." Yes, I also felt that the system’s architecture allowed for self-organized protests to occur, in this case the system was used against itself. I shared a similar perspective about the this event mirroring the AOL incident:

“One word: Covergence. What Facebook has done is to simply put all the pieces of you in one place, sorta like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. An extreme worse case scenario was when AOL released search results of their users… we remember how netizens could piece together pieces to reveal pretty scary people, including someone who was clearly researching how to kill his wife. As such, the rules of privacy apply everywhere on the Internet, including Facebook.”

]]> By: Introduction to Interactive Communication » Facebook retreats http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats/comment-page-1#comment-148116 Introduction to Interactive Communication » Facebook retreats Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:01:14 +0000 http://alex.halavais.net/facebook-retreats/#comment-148116 [...] [I posted this to my regular blog earlier today.] [...] [...] [I posted this to my regular blog earlier today.] [...]

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