Comments on: A Personal Look at Social Media: Same Humans, Different Venue

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Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:39:19 +0000

[...] when you get right down to it, as I’ve said in this space before, Social Media is just another way for humans to communicate. Right up there with television, [...]

By: Laurie Foley

Laurie Foley — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:34:20 +0000

Terry – love that phrase “the kids in us demand it”

It’s interesting to watch the dynamics of twitter. I’ve been thinking a lot about trust lately and how much we WANT to give it. And how we feel when people abuse it online. Yep, 5th grade all over again…

Best, Laurie

By: Starbucker

Starbucker — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:03:05 +0000

Steve, Liz, Chris and Giovanna, thanks a bunch for stopping by and commenting on this post.

It’s good to talk about these kind of feelings, no matter the medium. The kids in us demand it.

Thanks for adding your voice to this discussion.

All my best,

Terry

By: Giovanna Garcaia

Giovanna Garcaia — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:37:59 +0000

Terry

It is all so true, what you said about our want to belong and be popular, just like when we were young. When I first came on to Social network, the little girl in me came out. I would looked at the people in twitter with the big following the same way,as I did when I looked at the football players and cheerleaders in school.
The diffrence are we’re all a little older now, and most of them are much nicer than the high school ball players and cheerleaders in my days.

I am glad I am here in the social network community. Everyday I am learning and growing with most of them.
That is a good thing

Giovanna Garcia

By: Chris Brogan...

Chris Brogan... — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:42:54 +0000

It makes a great sense, that whole “bringing yourself to the new medium.” I believe these tools allow us to amplify ourselves. Whatever we are, we’re more of that. The One Ring, only without the hobbitses.

Or maybe I should stop eating bad Chinese food for lunch while trying to get more fit. : )

By: Liz Strauss

Liz Strauss — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:14:05 +0000

Terry,
We’re all little kids learning to use our voices, tugging on sleeves asking each other to listen. Our friends and interested folks do just that and our communities grow with heart and wisdom — we grow with them. You’re right. It’s the way it’s always been.

By: steve sherlock

steve sherlock — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:47:48 +0000

Terry I agree. The hype over social media is focused on the newness of the tool more often than not when the “tool” is just that, another step in the development to enable the communications amongst the social folks easier.

Someday our tweets, utterz, blog posts, vlog posts, etc. will be effortlessly broadcast to the entire world. The network will be less limited to geographic locations or to being members of this or that tool set. The questions will remain, who will we listen to, who will listen to us?