Comments on: Facebook as Game http://twopointouch.com/2007/social-media/facebook-as-game/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Mon, 30 May 2011 20:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ian Delaneyhttp://twopointouch.com/2007/social-media/facebook-as-game/#comment-11205 Ian Delaney Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:39:56 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2007/06/22/facebook-as-game/#comment-11205 Watch it, Collister, you don't want the TSR Massive after you ;) Watch it, Collister, you don’t want the TSR Massive after you ;)

]]> By: Simon Collisterhttp://twopointouch.com/2007/social-media/facebook-as-game/#comment-11204 Simon Collister Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:59:13 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2007/06/22/facebook-as-game/#comment-11204 Ahhhhh! Dungeons and Dragons... the one with the unicorn and little man in a velvetty red gown, no? Ahhhhh! Dungeons and Dragons… the one with the unicorn and little man in a velvetty red gown, no?

]]> By: Ian Delaneyhttp://twopointouch.com/2007/social-media/facebook-as-game/#comment-11203 Ian Delaney Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:46:48 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2007/06/22/facebook-as-game/#comment-11203 Sorry - I sometimes forget that most other people did things like go out and meet girls during their teenage years - it's a dungeons and dragons thing - you get eXperience Points for killing baddies and completing quests, eventually allowing you to 'level up'. Sorry — I sometimes forget that most other people did things like go out and meet girls during their teenage years — it’s a dungeons and dragons thing — you get eXperience Points for killing baddies and completing quests, eventually allowing you to ‘level up’.

]]> By: Simon Collisterhttp://twopointouch.com/2007/social-media/facebook-as-game/#comment-11202 Simon Collister Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:43:12 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2007/06/22/facebook-as-game/#comment-11202 Interesting post. I think I get it but what does "+10xp" or "+100xp". Is it some kind of gaming speak (this is not a joke)? Interesting post. I think I get it but what does “+10xp” or “+100xp”. Is it some kind of gaming speak (this is not a joke)?

]]> By: alan phttp://twopointouch.com/2007/social-media/facebook-as-game/#comment-11183 alan p Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:07:32 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2007/06/22/facebook-as-game/#comment-11183 Interesting thought re different "wins" on different Socnets. Facebook just looks to me like walled garden (for now) personal blogging. All human networks are gamed to an extent - but the RL ones are very nuanced so harder to cheat on...not so true of virtual socnets. (see some more of my thoughts <a href="http://broadstuff.com/archives/297-The-Dark-Arts-of-Antisocial-Media.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> Interesting thought re different “wins” on different Socnets.

Facebook just looks to me like walled garden (for now) personal blogging.

All human networks are gamed to an extent — but the RL ones are very nuanced so harder to cheat on…not so true of virtual socnets.

(see some more of my thoughts here

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