We join a “#social network” and then the networked within start to follow us. We also add new “friends” but don’t much differentiate amongst our choices. We have true friends, special friends, acquaintances, strangers with similar passions, strangers with ulterior motives, causes, game systems, and many other categories of #groupings and #microcrowds, but we fail [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Microcrowds'
Your Twitter Wake & Bow Wave
September 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Microcrowds, Web 2.0
As you pass through the Twitterverse you create a bow wave and a lifestream wake.
The larger your Twitter follower network is, the longer and more powerful your Twitter wake shall be.
Your bow-wave is represented by your incoming followers. You get noticed through the public timeline and by the downstream of your followers, then others start [...]
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It’s a Me, Me, Me, Meme World
September 16th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Diatribe, Geo-temporal, Microcrowds, Tagclouds, Web Marketing
The “me, me, me, meme.” What is it?
Cool tech geeks start something online. We jump on the bandwagon. Our friends see what’s going on. A crowd forms, asks questions, then follows our lead. Lifestreams form.
In the video game Final Fantasy VII, the Lifestream is a river of Mako energy coursing through the Planet. The Lifestream [...]
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Emergency Social-Repeater System
August 26th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Geo-temporal, Mashups, Microcrowds
Since I first posed the question in April “Has a Twitter emergency alert system been built yet?”, I’ve noted that several other people have pondered the same concept. Some examples are here, here and here.
It has already been substantiated that when an emergency occurs almost anywhere in the world, the first notification of the event [...]
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Rights to First Contact or When Does “Social” Become Spam?
August 23rd, 2007 · 4 Comments · Microcrowds, Scams, Web 2.0, social spam
First Contact
When does a “friend” have the right to make first contact with you online?
If I want to contact you in a social network like Pownce, Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn, should I be required to already know you? If I’m restricted from contacting you before you recognize me, how can I get your attention? [...]
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Captology and Microcrowd Influence
July 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Mashups, Microcrowds, Online Advertising, Tagclouds, Web 2.0, Web Marketing
I learned a new word the other day, Captology, and it helps me define an area of thought of particular interest (thanks to my buddy Crosby!) I was talking with him about some of my recent posts covering geo-temporal and microcrowd concepts and he suggested that I check out a particular Stanford University website. According [...]
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