Comments on: Social objects and social gestures http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/17/social-objects-and-social-gestures/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: leafar http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/17/social-objects-and-social-gestures/#comment-1349 leafar Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:02:34 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/17/social-objects-and-social-gestures/#comment-1349 WAYN is a hit. Good social items wins. WAYN is a hit. Good social items wins.

]]> By: leafar http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/17/social-objects-and-social-gestures/#comment-11091 leafar Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/17/social-objects-and-social-gestures/#comment-11091 WAYN is a hit. Good social items wins. WAYN is a hit. Good social items wins.

]]> By: Nnamdi http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/17/social-objects-and-social-gestures/#comment-1348 Nnamdi Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:23:37 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/17/social-objects-and-social-gestures/#comment-1348 Hi Nic The notion of social objects is also very relevant if you think of the sites not as they are today, but what their original focus was. As they grow, they add in a lot of extra objects and features which make this less clear. Facebook's original social object: Harvard University http://web.archive.org/web/20040212031928/http://www.thefacebook.com/ then others: http://web.archive.org/web/20040610104606/http://thefacebook.com/ Bebo: your school http://web.archive.org/web/20060101024441/http://www.bebo.com/ Myspace: probably music if you've read danah and remember that friendster was the only real open alternative (with its own issues) for the majority of people at the time. Hi Nic

The notion of social objects is also very relevant if you think of the sites not as they are today, but what their original focus was. As they grow, they add in a lot of extra objects and features which make this less clear.

Facebook’s original social object: Harvard University
http://web.archive.org/web/20040212031928/http://www.thefacebook.com/

then others:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040610104606/http://thefacebook.com/

Bebo: your school
http://web.archive.org/web/20060101024441/http://www.bebo.com/

Myspace: probably music if you’ve read danah and remember that friendster was the only real open alternative (with its own issues) for the majority of people at the time.

]]> By: Nnamdi http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/17/social-objects-and-social-gestures/#comment-11090 Nnamdi Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:23:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/01/17/social-objects-and-social-gestures/#comment-11090 Hi Nic The notion of social objects is also very relevant if you think of the sites not as they are today, but what their original focus was. As they grow, they add in a lot of extra objects and features which make this less clear. Facebook's original social object: Harvard University http://web.archive.org/web/20040212031928/http://www.thefacebook.com/ then others: http://web.archive.org/web/20040610104606/http://thefacebook.com/ Bebo: your school http://web.archive.org/web/20060101024441/http://www.bebo.com/ Myspace: probably music if you've read danah and remember that friendster was the only real open alternative (with its own issues) for the majority of people at the time. Hi Nic

The notion of social objects is also very relevant if you think of the sites not as they are today, but what their original focus was. As they grow, they add in a lot of extra objects and features which make this less clear.

Facebook’s original social object: Harvard University
http://web.archive.org/web/20040212031928/http://www.thefacebook.com/

then others:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040610104606/http://thefacebook.com/

Bebo: your school
http://web.archive.org/web/20060101024441/http://www.bebo.com/

Myspace: probably music if you’ve read danah and remember that friendster was the only real open alternative (with its own issues) for the majority of people at the time.

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