As someone who coined a phrase "socially constructed media" back in 2004
when everyone was using "Web 2" I've been more than a little agitated by
the use of "social media" at the exclusion of the Wikimedia projects.
Either ask the stats, commentary and infographics are based on a poorly
defined cat
Hi Leigh,
as the "social media coordinator" at a cultural institution now, I'm
simultaneously trying to have Wikimedia seen to be as, if not more,
important than other social media platforms but also wary of tying
Wikimedia too closely to the term social media because it has a connotation
of being
While these are all Web 2.0 (or digital engagement platforms as Liam calls
them), there are distinct differences. There is a pretty clear goal to WP
and other WMF projects (open knowledge) that we work towards. But Facebook,
Twitter etc don't really have an overall goal as such (well, apart from ma
Yes, Agreed with what Kerry has said.
Another way of phrasing that - correct me if you disagree Kerry - is that
being social is the "currency" of social media platforms. It is the
end-goal of twitter/facebook/etc and you are more valued on those platforms
the more "social" you are. However on Wikim
Being social on WP isnt a requirement to participate there are many
contributors that arent social they just work on content or be gnomes with
minimal interaction with others.
On 5 February 2014 07:55, Liam Wyatt wrote:
> Yes, Agreed with what Kerry has said.
> Another way of phrasing that - c
Thanks for the responses.
Liam: I've using the phrase "web integrated" to describe teaching methods
here at the university that engage projects like Wikimedia, but also other
platforms. This attempts to distinguish a difference from LMS-based
teaching and learning, which predominately amount to sc
I'd agree with Kerry here. It is part of the same generation of web apps
as Facebook, etc but serves an entirely different purpose. It would be
like comparing the development of open source software "social media"
because they deal with other developers around the globe, for example.
Having said
Sorry, auto-spell-corrector-on-iPad problem. I was trying to say
Praise in public, criticise in private.
If you criticise people in public, you may humiliate them and make them
angry with you and dig in their heels over the issue. A "quiet word" is more
likely to produce the desired outcom
