Comments on: Social networking a waste of time? http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/ World Outside my Window is a blog about controversial topics, blogging, humor, daily life, and the world as I see it. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:46:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: natespost http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-34107 natespost Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:07:07 +0000 http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/#comment-34107 I have the most popular socail site links at the bottom of each post, but don't get much from any of them. I have the most popular socail site links at the bottom of each post, but don’t get much from any of them.

]]> By: Pervara Kapadia http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31684 Pervara Kapadia Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:06:56 +0000 http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/#comment-31684 Hi I do think social networking sites are stretched a little too far. It starts off well with someone you know introducing you. But, then it takes off in all directions. Most of the time i find people wanting to link with you just for the sake of it [because they can do so - site enables it]. It really does not give me any kind of understanding of this person. There is no sensible communication leave aside any business benefit. It all ends up with asl plz and exchange of photos. LOL. Hi

I do think social networking sites are stretched a little too far. It starts off well with someone you know introducing you. But, then it takes off in all directions. Most of the time i find people wanting to link with you just for the sake of it [because they can do so - site enables it].

It really does not give me any kind of understanding of this person. There is no sensible communication leave aside any business benefit.

It all ends up with asl plz and exchange of photos. LOL.

]]> By: ThirstyJon http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31073 ThirstyJon Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:26:21 +0000 http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/#comment-31073 Response to Ian Thal: I like your observation about whether or not the community is getting you readers that are engaged and leading you to blogs that interest you! I am kind of new to this and I am just starting to learn that. I am not interested in getting as many "friends" or "contacts" as possible, if they are ones that aren't really interested. Good thoughts! I am going to check out Tribe.net as well. ThirstyJon Response to Ian Thal:

I like your observation about whether or not the community is getting you readers that are engaged and leading you to blogs that interest you! I am kind of new to this and I am just starting to learn that. I am not interested in getting as many “friends” or “contacts” as possible, if they are ones that aren’t really interested.

Good thoughts!

I am going to check out Tribe.net as well.

ThirstyJon

]]> By: Capri http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31072 Capri Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:55:07 +0000 http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/#comment-31072 I checked out mybloglog, and it looks good, offering discussion areas instead of just acting like a place for sharing profiles and sharing pics. Tribe.net is another good one, again, it offers all kinds of discussion areas. Both mybloglog and tribenet are accessible so the visually impaired can register accounts with them, and that's something else they have going for them. Myspace doesn't, and facebook's audio code generator didn't work last time I tried it. I checked out mybloglog, and it looks good, offering discussion areas instead of just acting like a place for sharing profiles and sharing pics. Tribe.net is another good one, again, it offers all kinds of discussion areas. Both mybloglog and tribenet are accessible so the visually impaired can register accounts with them, and that’s something else they have going for them. Myspace doesn’t, and facebook’s audio code generator didn’t work last time I tried it.

]]> By: Ian Thal http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-31069 Ian Thal Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:39:33 +0000 http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/08/02/social-networking-a-waste-of-time/#comment-31069 The usefulness of social networking depends on the technology the networking site provides and on the people using it. I get some people visiting my blog from BlogCatalog (which I joined after I first posted to this thread), but few of them appear to be engaged by my content. MyBlogLog, seems to bring me more readers who are also engaged and leave comments and are more likely to write blogs that interest me. Tribe.net is particularly useful in that I can join groups ("tribes") based around affiliations, topics of interest, and persuits and so it sometimes enhances my life away from the computer as well as gives a means of seeking an audience for my work (both online and offline.) On the other hand, I've found that sites like myspace, friendster, and orkut seem to have a low quality of content and interaction that they only feed in to "collector mania." Orkut has the technology to be as good as tribe (especially if it better integrated with other Google offerings) but for whatever reason, it attracts a largely inarticulate user-base. The usefulness of social networking depends on the technology the networking site provides and on the people using it.

I get some people visiting my blog from BlogCatalog (which I joined after I first posted to this thread), but few of them appear to be engaged by my content. MyBlogLog, seems to bring me more readers who are also engaged and leave comments and are more likely to write blogs that interest me.

Tribe.net is particularly useful in that I can join groups (”tribes”) based around affiliations, topics of interest, and persuits and so it sometimes enhances my life away from the computer as well as gives a means of seeking an audience for my work (both online and offline.)

On the other hand, I’ve found that sites like myspace, friendster, and orkut seem to have a low quality of content and interaction that they only feed in to “collector mania.” Orkut has the technology to be as good as tribe (especially if it better integrated with other Google offerings) but for whatever reason, it attracts a largely inarticulate user-base.

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