There's a nice exploration/rant on this topic over on Adam Greenfield's blog:
Antisocial Networking http://speedbird.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/antisocial-networking/ >From the post - "All social-networking systems, as currently designed, demonstrably create social awkwardnesses that did not, and could not, exist before. [...] Having to declare the degree of intimacy you%u2019re willing to grant each friend, whether in public and for all to see or simply so that they see it, is a state of affairs I%u2019ve described, in comments elsewhere, as %u201Cfrankly autistic.%u201D [...] I believe that technically-mediated social networking at any level beyond very simple, local applications is fundamentally, and probably persistently, a bad idea." // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25387 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
