Comments on: Levels Of Connection http://www.socialtext.com/blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/ Weblog on gaining business results from social software. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dan Smith http://www.socialtext.com/blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Dan Smith Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:47:30 +0000 http://www.socialtext.com/wp-blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/#comment-314 <p>Very interesting classification scheme. What kinds of metrics in the social features of SocialText make possible the tracking of the evolution of levels of connection? How would we relate this to strong and weak ties? I would love to get my hands on data.</p> <p>A substantial part of the value of services like SocialText is the building of social capital by adding some (reasonable) number of contacts at stronger levels at a very modest cost.</p> <p>Regards</p>, <p>Dan</p> Very interesting classification scheme. What kinds of metrics in the social features of SocialText make possible the tracking of the evolution of levels of connection? How would we relate this to strong and weak ties? I would love to get my hands on data.

A substantial part of the value of services like SocialText is the building of social capital by adding some (reasonable) number of contacts at stronger levels at a very modest cost.

Regards

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Dan

]]> By: Rick Gaetano http://www.socialtext.com/blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Rick Gaetano Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:48:45 +0000 http://www.socialtext.com/wp-blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/#comment-313 <p>Very interesting article.</p> <p>Funny how I found it... I was searching to find the whereabouts of an old colleague.. Found his name tied to Social Text.... from there, it made me read more about the company and the solution.</p> <p>Your article/blog is very well written and insightful. Many thanks.</p> Very interesting article.

Funny how I found it… I was searching to find the whereabouts of an old colleague.. Found his name tied to Social Text…. from there, it made me read more about the company and the solution.

Your article/blog is very well written and insightful. Many thanks.

]]> By: Alan Lepofsky http://www.socialtext.com/blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Alan Lepofsky Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:39:03 +0000 http://www.socialtext.com/wp-blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/#comment-312 <p>Hi Warren, thank you for the reference link. I do like (most of) Clive's article, and it has received a lot of attention. I tried to stay away from terms like "Ambient Awareness" or "Continual Partial Attention", as most people's eyes glaze over at term like those. That is why I tried to provide more common metaphors to each of my levels. </p> <p>Mario, yes there are differences between relationships and connections. It is crossing those barriers, expanding the range, and building upon 2nd and 3rd degree connections that has a lot of potential with this new world of sharing.</p> Hi Warren, thank you for the reference link. I do like (most of) Clive’s article, and it has received a lot of attention. I tried to stay away from terms like “Ambient Awareness” or “Continual Partial Attention”, as most people’s eyes glaze over at term like those. That is why I tried to provide more common metaphors to each of my levels.

Mario, yes there are differences between relationships and connections. It is crossing those barriers, expanding the range, and building upon 2nd and 3rd degree connections that has a lot of potential with this new world of sharing.

]]> By: Mario Rosales http://www.socialtext.com/blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Mario Rosales Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:31:54 +0000 http://www.socialtext.com/wp-blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/#comment-311 <p>This is a very insightful and reflective subject. </p> <p>I'd like to share my theory with you, please: </p> <p>I think that there are two kinds of dealings with people. </p> <p>Being 'connected to' people and being 'connected with' people. </p> <p>Being Connected To describes access as a resource for information and knowledge acquisition and sharing. </p> <p>Being Connected With describes a relationship that is for more than acquiring information and knowledge. It is the sharing of ourselves that help to define who we are in terms of mindset, cultural and social well-being.</p> <p>The question then becomes: How does Web 2.0 sustain and improve our relationships as well as our connections? </p> This is a very insightful and reflective subject.

I’d like to share my theory with you, please:

I think that there are two kinds of dealings with people.

Being ‘connected to’ people and being ‘connected with’ people.

Being Connected To describes access as a resource for information and knowledge acquisition and sharing.

Being Connected With describes a relationship that is for more than acquiring information and knowledge. It is the sharing of ourselves that help to define who we are in terms of mindset, cultural and social well-being.

The question then becomes: How does Web 2.0 sustain and improve our relationships as well as our connections?

]]> By: Warren Sukernek http://www.socialtext.com/blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Warren Sukernek Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:26:50 +0000 http://www.socialtext.com/wp-blog/2008/11/levels-of-connection/#comment-310 <p>Alan,</p> <p>Very interesting ideas. I like how you've personalized the list of "friends". You may want to take a look at Clive Thompson's article in the NY Times on Ambient Awareness as he covers a lot of these issues. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin</a></p> Alan,

Very interesting ideas. I like how you’ve personalized the list of “friends”. You may want to take a look at Clive Thompson’s article in the NY Times on Ambient Awareness as he covers a lot of these issues. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin

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