lizstrauss asks where's the line at what's social media?

19 responses to this plurk.

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  July 02, 2008 at 13:47 Shai Coggins says do we really need to define lines with social media?
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  July 02, 2008 at 13:49 rjleaman says Current web definition of social media seems to be quite narrow: web-based tech tools to enable group conversation?
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  July 02, 2008 at 13:50 Screamstress says People connect for so many different reasons...but it's the connection that counts.
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  July 02, 2008 at 13:53 lizstrauss says shai Coggins I don't like lines much either.
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  July 02, 2008 at 13:54 lizstrauss says It really is about the connection and not the tools.
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  July 02, 2008 at 13:55 HighDef says I like to think outside the box. Everything evolves, so "social media" today will be different tomorrow. It is what we think it is.
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  July 02, 2008 at 13:59 iContact says it all depends on what direction you're using SM. Web 2.0 for online conversation/participation/research, or Enterprise 2.0 for business?
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  July 02, 2008 at 14:00 Connie Connections trump tools, yet without them social media would not be recognized as such today. We were connecting on BBS's back in the day.
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  July 02, 2008 at 14:01 Connie But that wasn't social media, which is a convergence of social computing technologies and ability for everyone to be a publisher of content.
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  July 02, 2008 at 14:02 Connie Add people into that mix and you have social media.
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  July 02, 2008 at 14:11 CommunityMGR says it should be noted, that the "content" should somehow be monitored for validity, or else you have rampant invalid data corruption in SM.
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  July 02, 2008 at 14:30 Beth Harte says this sounds like a topic for a PlurkShop. I agree that it's the tools and the conversations. But I think it's going to evolve and change.
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  July 02, 2008 at 14:31 Beth Harte asks who is the judge of what content is "valid?"
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  July 02, 2008 at 14:33 Connie Have no idea what CommunityMgr is referring to.
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  July 02, 2008 at 14:45 LindaZ says tools allow the community and conversation, but communities will always find ways to communicate, tools are created by people who want...
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  July 02, 2008 at 14:45 LindaZ says community and communication... and round and round we go
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  July 02, 2008 at 15:24 jennydecki says When a group of two or more come together in the name of media.
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  July 02, 2008 at 15:49 acnatta says well we wouldn't need to start the conversation again, we'd just need to point folks to lizstrauss' question..
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  July 02, 2008 at 17:53 lizstrauss says acnatta Thanks. Though I bet all agree the question is bigger than my blog post.