Comments on: The Tao of Facebook http://humaneia.com/2007/07/14/the-tao-of-facebook/ What are we if we are not humane? Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:32:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Work/Blog/Life: Facebook makes separating them harder at On Blogging Australia http://humaneia.com/2007/07/14/the-tao-of-facebook/#comment-122 Work/Blog/Life: Facebook makes separating them harder at On Blogging Australia Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:10:30 +0000 http://humaneia.com/2007/07/14/the-tao-of-facebook/#comment-122 [...] got this love/hate relationship with Facebook. Initially I railed against it, then I joined in and loved it, and now I’m mostly over [...] […] got this love/hate relationship with Facebook. Initially I railed against it, then I joined in and loved it, and now I’m mostly over […]

]]> By: AndrewBoyd http://humaneia.com/2007/07/14/the-tao-of-facebook/#comment-5 AndrewBoyd Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:34:03 +0000 http://humaneia.com/2007/07/14/the-tao-of-facebook/#comment-5 Hi Leisa, I know that I don't get out often enough :) My point related to the differing definitions of worth - Paola found Jyte addictive, I didn't, Steve Collins gets Twitter, I don't - so maybe I am the common factor here :) I think it is about the social part - the relationships, the search for belonging and self-esteem. And it's about startups making lots of $$$ by selling successful projects off to big companies too. It's all interesting, if only from an academic perspective. I found myself checking my facebook inbox shortly after getting up this morning, so perhaps I am hooked too. Best regards, Andrew Hi Leisa,

I know that I don’t get out often enough :)
My point related to the differing definitions of worth - Paola found Jyte addictive, I didn’t, Steve Collins gets Twitter, I don’t - so maybe I am the common factor here :)
I think it is about the social part - the relationships, the search for belonging and self-esteem. And it’s about startups making lots of $$$ by selling successful projects off to big companies too.

It’s all interesting, if only from an academic perspective. I found myself checking my facebook inbox shortly after getting up this morning, so perhaps I am hooked too.

Best regards, Andrew

]]> By: Leisa Reichelt http://humaneia.com/2007/07/14/the-tao-of-facebook/#comment-4 Leisa Reichelt Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:03:08 +0000 http://humaneia.com/2007/07/14/the-tao-of-facebook/#comment-4 really? that's been quite different to my experience of social applications, which has been that they provide some really rich and interesting ways to build and maintain relationships with people - some of whom I've known for eons, and some who I only knew in passing before connecting on FaceBook or Twitter etc. They're very definitely providing us with fodder for some very interesting research, hypotheses and future design directions, but for me that's secondary to the richness of the human connection that they provide. Or perhaps I just don't get out enough ;) really? that’s been quite different to my experience of social applications, which has been that they provide some really rich and interesting ways to build and maintain relationships with people - some of whom I’ve known for eons, and some who I only knew in passing before connecting on FaceBook or Twitter etc.

They’re very definitely providing us with fodder for some very interesting research, hypotheses and future design directions, but for me that’s secondary to the richness of the human connection that they provide.

Or perhaps I just don’t get out enough ;)

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