Comments on: Social Networking. Not Social. Not Networking.

By: SBL - Video Tagging

SBL - Video Tagging — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:39:04 +0000

Great post. I agree with you..
Thanks for this post..
Regards,
SBL – Video tagging

By: Search Media Company » Blog Archive » Social Media Takes Being Social to Work

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:13:49 +0000

[...] an interesting post on Webernetting about how Social Networking isn’t social, and it isn’t networking: Sitting in front of a [...]

By: Social Media Takes Being Social to Work

Social Media Takes Being Social to Work — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:59:00 +0000

[...] an interesting post on Webernetting about how Social Networking isn’t social, and it isn’t networking: Sitting in front of a [...]

By: KaRi from ThePrimeSpot.com

KaRi from ThePrimeSpot.com — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:11:42 +0000

I’d prefer the question “What are you THINKING?” on Twitter because you can always Think about Doing something! I heard Leo Laporte mention during his AM radio show that Twitter was down, I didn’t know as I was behind the wheel delivering Express Mail in The LBC

As a matter of fact, I learned the Father of LSD died via Twitter (Leo’s post) before I heard it on the mainstream news. I log onto Twitter if I have something to say to the LOCAL followers: I posted a bulletin a slasher o nthe loose, a missing child in the area, and the crash on Catalina. But I’m the person who uses myspace bulletins to find out what REALLY happened to what I left at the bar/restaurant and to notify peeps last minute where they can pick a FREE Xmas tree. I imagine my “connections” could come in handy if I’m ever in a local emergency!

Anyway,that quote I’m responding to DOES sound like someone’s “twitching” without Twitter. Was it Leo that said that? ha!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:45:09 +0000

As a conference organizer, have you ever though about using a social network for registration and conference communication purposes? Instead of your standard website registration process, you can use a social network and in place of the typical registration (payment process aside) attendees create a profile instead. That community is then used for 1) conference attendees to visually identify individuals because the profile will contain a name and picture and have the opportunity to get to know them before the conference begins, 2) use the community during the conference for individuals to communicate and collaborate about the day’s events (a good tool for conference organizers to retrieve feedback too by the way) and for organizers to communicate any updates or changes to the attendees in real-time, 3) a place for attendees to continue interacting after the conference is closed – better than trying to locate those lost business cards. This to me is Social and is Networking outside of the conference – it doesn’t have to be one or the other, it can be both. Some whitelabel social networking solutions make it so easy to set a community up – even within your own conference or event website. Check out in2community to see what I mean.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:39:30 +0000

I have no interest in Twitter. I’m on Pownce and I barely use that. It’s a waste of time. Just call someone, email them or visit them in person. Why bother with another “social networking” site?

By: LesaMay

LesaMay — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:19:49 +0000

MySpace – a/k/a: The Sewer of the Internet – is so much worse.

By: Ange

Ange — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:39:05 +0000

I like reading my news from Twitter. Other than that I think it’s pretty pointless, but a fun waste of time. I see people trying to make friends on Twitter, which is sad. People can’t use social networking (or whatever you want to call it) as an excuse for having real relationships with people.

I think Twitter is also for the lazy bloggers, can’t write a real blog — only 140 words.

By: Tim Street

Tim Street — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:38:10 +0000

Mr. Bourquin,

I have some issues with your post and I’ve blogged about it. http://tinyurl.com/4wv4p8

By: Albert Maruggi

Albert Maruggi — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:39:13 +0000

This article from Steve Baker @stevebaker of Business Week just came out yesterday about Why Twitter Matters http://tinyurl.com/5×5cxz

Tim I agree with the 10,000 followers concept. A guy named Miles Comer aka @tankilo used a metaphor of twitter during a social media breakfast in Phoenix. He said he treats Twitter like a river. Sometime you just look at it from a bridge and sometimes you go down to the shore and put your hands in, and sometimes you swim in it. That would be a way get the most value out of following thousdands of people.

All the best,