http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/vox-populi/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Mon, 30 May 2011 20:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/vox-populi/#comment-1348 Ian Delaney Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:31:35 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/11/01/vox-populi/#comment-1348 I think what we've come to discover is that it's very difficult for software to mimic the complexity of our social relationships. In an age where everyone is on Google, managing our privacy and our online identities is going to be more of an anxiety and more time-consuming than we ever imagined. I think what we’ve come to discover is that it’s very difficult for software to mimic the complexity of our social relationships. In an age where everyone is on Google, managing our privacy and our online identities is going to be more of an anxiety and more time-consuming than we ever imagined.

]]> http://twopointouch.com/2006/blogs/vox-populi/#comment-1336 Bob Boydston Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:20:18 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/11/01/vox-populi/#comment-1336 The neat thing about social media is that it allows one to create virtual identities. Like you pointed out, it's not like we, as a species, haven't been doing it for centuries, i.e., family, friends and bosses. What is different with social media is that these identities become virtualized because the only connection we have with "others" (i.e., with other virtual identities) are the ideas and thoughts we convey. So the identities are virtualized and so are the "relationships." The neat thing about social media is that it allows one to create virtual identities. Like you pointed out, it’s not like we, as a species, haven’t been doing it for centuries, i.e., family, friends and bosses. What is different with social media is that these identities become virtualized because the only connection we have with “others” (i.e., with other virtual identities) are the ideas and thoughts we convey. So the identities are virtualized and so are the “relationships.”

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