Comments on: Social Networking: Theory and Practice

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By: social networking software development

social networking software development — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:50:50 +0000

There’s a lot of variety out there in the realm of social network design. Some sites keep a very professional approach

By: Ken Carroll

Ken Carroll — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:14:49 +0000

I’m totally convinced social networking is the way forwards. If your into social networking, and connecting with others into the same thing – check out my new social/professional network dedicated to the industy… http://www.SocialNetworkingIndustry.net.

By: Daniel Tunkelang

Daniel Tunkelang — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:43:06 +0000

Carolyn, I completely empathize. We’ve all seen social networking gone wrong, where it becomes a game of collecting connections or followers and keeping score (though if you’re going to do that, at least use TunkRank!). But I share your experience in developing meaningful social and professional relationships online. Perhaps, as Daniel Lemire as suggested, we need to abandon the word “virtual” as a synonym for online. After all, online communication is real. And it’s spectacular.

By: Carolyn Jung

Carolyn Jung — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:01:51 +0000

I was dubious about social networking sites. But after I became a food blogger, I was truly amazed at how welcoming and giving people could be through cyberspace. It’s led to some really cherished friendships with people I ended up meeting in person. Who would have guessed the power of it all? Not me, I must admit.

By: Daniel Tunkelang

Daniel Tunkelang — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:44:17 +0000

Adrienne, thanks, and I agree. In fact, I worry that my large number of connections of LinkedIn gives the impression that I’m a spammer. But I’m proud that you could name almost any of my connections, and I could tell you the story of the connection. Hopefully I keep that all in my head as age takes its toll!

Jon M., I suspect there are a lot of us amateur stalkers / PIs. And indeed, your point about people adding a sudden rash of endorsements is well taken. On a couple of occasions, that is how a I found out that a colleague was on his way out.

John X, that’s a good point–the structure and context of the process encourages both honesty and clarity. It’s a nice piece of social engineering that we could all learn from as we design interfaces to elicit content (and effort) from people.

By: John X

John X — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:55:34 +0000

“For reasons I don’t yet claim to understand, people share far more information about themselves–and in a much cleaner, structured form–on LinkedIn than in perhaps any other online medium.”

I think most people post more clearly and cleanly – and more honestly – is that their current colleagues are reading their profiles – hard to “uptrend” the truth when someone is watching.

Also – the nature of “filling in the blanks” let’s you segment and express your thoughts more clearly.

I’m a big LinkedIn fan -

By: Jon Marks

Jon Marks — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:43:07 +0000

And there I was thinking I was the only one that used LinkedIn for Private Invesitigator purposes. Things such as:

* determining which technology a prospects site is writen in when it isn’t clear from the source/headers/anything else. For example: Google: site:linkedin.com +cms +bbc
* checking everyone’s bio before meeting new clients/prospects or interviewing someone

* seeing if employees at our competitors are talking about things they shouldn’t be talking about. “Simon is working on the XYZ pitch” or “Harry is working on XYZ: even though the fact that my company won the pitch isn’t announced yet”.

* it’s a great indicator is someone is planning to resign. If Bob is in my team and I see “Bob has 18 new recommendations” I’ve got a bad feeling Bob is job hunting,

Also: I’d never seen your TunkRank before. It’s cool. I think I’m doing alright. @mcboof is currently only 7% behind @dtunkelang himself:-)

By: Adrienne Graham (@talentdiva)

Adrienne Graham (@talentdiva) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:16:53 +0000

Great article. The bottom line for people is that social networking (sites) are just tools. Relationships still have to be cultivated. People are getting tired of others who are just hoarding numbers as opposed to building real relationships via social networking. If you don’t know the person you’re connected to, what value are you bringing to them or vice versa? Are you using social networks to facilitate connections, make introductions and build a solid network? Anything else is just “background noise”. Perhaps people need to start thinking about the way they use social networking and how it could benefit them instead of doing it because it’s the “in thing” to do.

Adrienne Graham
Hues Consulting & Management Inc