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Re: SocialMedian

selena12321@gmail.com — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:32:11 -0000

Thanks for your post I always get too many dugs from digg only becuase of fresh content I publish regularly. I try to experiment that if we post latest news then we can too many duggs. I hope if you know any new tips for getting more dugg please share with me at my email.

Re: SocialMedian

ophelia_chong — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:26:57 -0000

I love socialmedian. it is more focused than Digg. I can follow users that have the same interests as myself and the maturity level is higher (no clips that would only a 15 year old would find interesting, ie skateboard accidents or girls with cups)

Re: Confessions of an Introvert

hawksdomain — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:29:03 -0000

Oh I didn't mean to imply that blogging was only for introverts. From reading Mark's post, and from my personal thoughts, I think that it is the rare introvert that is able to blog and put themselves out there. :)

Re: Confessions of an Introvert

Joe — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:45:40 -0000

I'm an extrovert, so this doesn't affect me so much. I'm the kind of guy that can walk into a crowded room of complete strangers and know their names, and the names of all the children by the time I walk out. So, I don't think blogging is just for the "Introverted soul". I think that instead, the introverted soul finds a comfortable form of expression in blogging.

Re: Confessions of an Introvert

hawksdomain — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:31:06 -0000

Thanx, Sailor! Glad to see you enjoyed the post - hope you enjoy the new sites!!

Re: Confessions of an Introvert

Arnold — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:28:53 -0000

You could not have put it better. There is always a danger of getting 'addicted' to this stuff. All of us have to draw the line somewhere. Thanks for the heads-up on the new guys, I will go check them out.

Re: Confessions of an Introvert

hawksdomain — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:22:14 -0000

Thanx Mark! Greatly appreciate it, as you probably noticed, I'm quite a fan of yours!! ;)

Re: Confessions of an Introvert

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:13:06 -0000

Social media can be a great training ground to work on social skills and to build confidence. Here's hoping it continues to work for you!

Re: Confessions of an Introvert

hawksdomain — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:53:12 -0000

Thanx so much, Makakman! I'm glad you liked the post. And, yes, my voice might be a bit quieter than most, but if you look closely, you will see me! ;)

Re: Confessions of an Introvert

makakman — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:49:10 -0000

Great post Hawks, Plurk was the new kid in town but now it's Indenti.ca! Another place to get your voice heard even if it is just a quiet little one! :)

Re: SocialMedian

Joe — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:02:03 -0000

As far as I know, there are very few users, so that's why the cliques don't exist yet. :-)

Re: SocialMedian

Arnold — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:19:40 -0000

Something without the cliques sounds too good to be true. I will have to give these guys a try. Thanks for the heads-up.

Re: Why Has Twitter Survived?

Joe — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:00:09 -0000

While I agree it sometimes pays to be an early adopter, I don't think it's true that it always pays to be an early adopter. Just ask anyone who bought an HD-DVD player or a Betamax player about early adoption, and you'll get an earful about the risks of early adoption. Moving to a new microblogging site carries similar risks. For example, if I decide to jump ship to Pownce, and my friends/followers go with me, but then half of them decide they don't like it and go back to Twitter, it's likely that the other half won't be too far behind if they are following anyone in the half that went back. By being an early adopter, I could risk losing my entire network! While that's not necessarily earth shattering, it would be upsetting.

I depend on my network for quite a lot. They feed me good links, they answer important questions, they give me up to the minute news reports (at varying levels of accuracy), and they inform me about the world from their perspective. I don't want to lose that, and I, for one, wouldn't risk jumping ship unless I was absolutely sure that everyone (or at least, the vast majority) would go where I went and that they would stay. There are also what I call "the crucial players." These are the people that I talk to on Twitter on a regular basis through @ replies and direct messages. If they aren't willing to follow me over, I certainly wouldn't go, even if it meant losing 90% of my followers to a new service.

Re: Why Has Twitter Survived?

MayankDhingra — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:26:05 -0000

Hi,

I liked the example you used and I totally agree with you that people don't prefer to leave behind existing/established relationships but then again does it mean if half of someone's followers move to other platforms they too will ? I think such decisions should be based more on other factors as well and it always pays to be the first adapters what say ?

Thanks,