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[Mathieu O'Neil]

Hi

I'm forwarding an off-list exchange I had yesterday (hope its OK with 
my interlocutor?) as it might help tom shed some light on the issue... 
to sum up facebook appears to be a way of advertising who you are and 
where your interests lie as well as developing a portfolio of 
more-or-less privileged contacts...
(start at the bottom)
cheers
mat

[end]
yes, it has SNS features but the primary focus isn't the profile, its 
the journal. on facebook the focus is the profile, hence making it a 
social networking service

but yes, the term is overused and is fast becoming a meaningless 
buzzword because of misuse. like everything else on the internets! it 
causes problems for people like me trying to write about and research 
them

On 09/08/2007, at 3:30 PM, Mathieu O'Neil wrote:

> but isnt LJ a form of social network too? what with friends lists etc
> its just such a gimmick - "social networking tool" - IMO
>
> On 09/08/2007, at 5:19 PM, Kate Raynes-Goldie wrote:
>
>> i think they serve different needs. livejournal is community based 
>> blogging and facebook is social networking. livejournal is more about 
>> journaling and discussions on shared topics (in community journals). 
>> facebook is more egocentric networking and short bursts of info.
>>
>>
>> On 09/08/2007, at 3:14 PM, Mathieu O'Neil wrote:
>>
>>> Yup - you're right - so what does facebook add to LJ?
>>> M
>>>
>>> On 09/08/2007, at 4:16 PM, Kate Raynes-Goldie wrote:
>>>
>>>> Livejournal actually has very fine controls so you can make 
>>>> multiple groups of friends who can see different things. each post 
>>>> can have a different group setting, or even be entirely private. so 
>>>> it actually has more control than facebook
>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>> kate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/08/2007, at 9:34 AM, Mathieu O'Neil wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> omigod omigod omigod ya mean ya don't KNOW - its for SOCIAL 
>>>>> NETWORKING
>>>>> OK! - ya need to build a clique and its like totally cool
>>>>> (poor attempt at preppy impersonation)
>>>>> alernatively:
>>>>> its just the latest net fad tom - dont worry about it - unless you 
>>>>> are
>>>>> into popularity contests that is
>>>>> ("snark")
>>>>> or:
>>>>> its like LiveJournal except only those approved ("friended") by 
>>>>> you can
>>>>> view your information
>>>>> (correct me if I'm wrong)
>>>>> cheers
>>>>> mat

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>>>>
On 09/08/2007, at 3:20 PM, Tom Worthington wrote:

> At 02:55 PM 9/08/2007, Lisa Gye wrote:
>> ... perhaps you might be interested in Danah Boyd and Nicole
>> Ellison's draft introduction to their forthcoming issue of the
>> Journal of Computer Mediated Communications  ...
>
> Sorry, but could I have a translation into English? Something like "I
> use Facebook to ...".
>
>> I guess I'm interested not so much in what people are doing but what
>> they might be able to do in the future. ...
>
> We have to get to the future from where we are now.
>
>> What are the limits and possibilities of such systems? As people
>> interested in researching network culture,  it makes sense to me to
>> engage with these platforms ...
>
> So how do you use Facebook?
>
>
>
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