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Re: Social Networks for Good

Mark — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:42:26 -0000

John,

Thanks for connecting with me through Zaadz. I honestly am still evaluating Zaadz. So far to me it feels chaotic. If I had a very lot of time I think i could dive in and contribute. I love the mission. I think it is extremely easy to use (setup and posting) and it has enormous potential if it brings people together to create real world projects. I feel like it can be difficult to communicate in the pods. I haven't felt very comfortable jumping in and I see very few actual discussions of substance.

To me that has been my challenge so far with social networking but I haven't jumped on with MySpace yet. When I moved to Kauai 3 years ago I decided to lower my profile a bit and focus on the inner journey. My perspective on social networking comes from the idea of linking people together that have like interests and what to do something beyond themselves or their smaller community. 5 years ago I was involved with local community business building organization. I was all over the idea of networking our local business community, local non profit arts organizations, our non profit committees with technology. Very few people got what I thought was obvious. The opportunity to connect and collaborate so outweights the counter competitiveness that exists in the world.

I really enjoyed your post! I still believe that technology will connect us but it still needs to be more transparent than it is now.

Re: Social Networks for Good

jm — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:21:35 -0000

Thanks for the comment Monica.

oh yeah, I know of Danah. she does great work. I'll say more later.

Re: Social Networks for Good

monica — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:42:49 -0000

very interesting... for more reading on "social networking" i would encourage you to check out dana boyd's site: zephoria she is extremely intelligent and way into networking sites and the ramifications that come with them. happy reading :)

post script: while the fear of having a current or potential employer stumble upon an incriminating photo on certain networking pages has me dillute stuff like a pg rated movie, i feel that overall the positive impact of networking sites is astounding. my belief is that these current sites are just the beginning :)