Comments on: Social Applications are Social Networks http://20bits.com/articles/social-applications-are-social-networks/ Driven by Data Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:50:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gaganpp http://20bits.com/articles/social-applications-are-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-5101 Gaganpp Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:06:07 +0000 http://20bits.com/?p=485#comment-5101 A new social place for interview goers @ <a href="http://www.cinterviews.com" rel="nofollow">www.cinterviews.com</a> A new social place for interview goers @ http://www.cinterviews.com

]]> By: Raid Recovery http://20bits.com/articles/social-applications-are-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-5012 Raid Recovery Fri, 28 May 2010 08:05:00 +0000 http://20bits.com/?p=485#comment-5012 I like using social networking sites. It's like calling many users at once from your cellphone without worrying for bill I like using social networking sites. It's like calling many users at once from your cellphone without worrying for bill

]]> By: Luke Shepard http://20bits.com/articles/social-applications-are-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-4268 Luke Shepard Mon, 04 May 2009 05:34:26 +0000 http://20bits.com/?p=485#comment-4268 Nice post, I agree that all "social networks" are also applications. As each app builds on the successful apps before them, the bootstrapping process becomes faster and faster.<br><br>> What does Facebook gain by having Top Friends on its Platform? Nothing substantial, as far as I can tell. <br>> What does it lose? Control and insight over the activities of its userbase.<br><br>I disagree here- Facebook gains quite a lot by having Top Friends on the platform. Users want to say who they really like a lot. By building that feature, Slide adds a lot of value to Facebook's users. That makes Facebook a more valuable place, which in turn makes it a more valuable platform and helps it build a more complete social graph.<br><br>As far as control, it is better for those users to interact on Facebook, even if it's via an app, than completely off the site on another service altogether. Nice post, I agree that all “social networks” are also applications. As each app builds on the successful apps before them, the bootstrapping process becomes faster and faster.

> What does Facebook gain by having Top Friends on its Platform? Nothing substantial, as far as I can tell.
> What does it lose? Control and insight over the activities of its userbase.

I disagree here- Facebook gains quite a lot by having Top Friends on the platform. Users want to say who they really like a lot. By building that feature, Slide adds a lot of value to Facebook's users. That makes Facebook a more valuable place, which in turn makes it a more valuable platform and helps it build a more complete social graph.

As far as control, it is better for those users to interact on Facebook, even if it's via an app, than completely off the site on another service altogether.

]]> By: Somebody http://20bits.com/articles/social-applications-are-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-4193 Somebody Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:55:15 +0000 http://20bits.com/?p=485#comment-4193 Your dead on about TopFriends on Facebook, it's one the largest social networks online. There's no API for TopFriends, don't be jaded by the URL =). Though, Causes has been integrated into the TopFriends news stream which proposes a possible platform but that would get sticky with facebook and Slide knows this =) Your dead on about TopFriends on Facebook, it's one the largest social networks online. There's no API for TopFriends, don't be jaded by the URL =). Though, Causes has been integrated into the TopFriends news stream which proposes a possible platform but that would get sticky with facebook and Slide knows this =)

]]> By: Jesse Farmer http://20bits.com/articles/social-applications-are-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-4192 Jesse Farmer Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:16:11 +0000 http://20bits.com/?p=485#comment-4192 Hah. If you look at the HTML source I have a comment: "Let's see if anyone makes me define social relation!"<br><br>I originally had a paragraph defining a social relation in a similar that way, "By 'social relation' I mean a relation between people that permits communication."<br><br>I think it's enough that communication is possible, irrespective of whether communication is "regular." For example, one map of a social network is the set of everyone's email address books. Hah. If you look at the HTML source I have a comment: “Let's see if anyone makes me define social relation!”

I originally had a paragraph defining a social relation in a similar that way, “By 'social relation' I mean a relation between people that permits communication.”

I think it's enough that communication is possible, irrespective of whether communication is “regular.” For example, one map of a social network is the set of everyone's email address books.

]]> By: Bree http://20bits.com/articles/social-applications-are-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-4191 Bree Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:21:11 +0000 http://20bits.com/?p=485#comment-4191 I like <br><br>Social Network: the set of all other persons with whom that individual has recurring communication <br><br>Drawn from Agneessens, Waege, & Lievens, 2006, Johnson, 1992, & Tichy & Fombrun, 1979 but the phrasing is my own - <br><br>Takes care of the problem of having to then define social relations and allows flexibility in defining various types of network connection by type and frequency of communication. <br><br>Of course - this does not have much to do with your overall argument, but you did ask for thoughts ;) I like

Social Network: the set of all other persons with whom that individual has recurring communication

Drawn from Agneessens, Waege, & Lievens, 2006, Johnson, 1992, & Tichy & Fombrun, 1979 but the phrasing is my own –

Takes care of the problem of having to then define social relations and allows flexibility in defining various types of network connection by type and frequency of communication.

Of course – this does not have much to do with your overall argument, but you did ask for thoughts ;)

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