Comments on: Who Are You Missing by Staying Inside the Bubble?

By: SuzeMuse » What My Students Taught Me About Online Communities

SuzeMuse » What My Students Taught Me About Online Communities — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:18:27 +0000

[...] and blogging. Meanwhile, out there (I mean, still in the online world – just outside of the social media bubble) there are communities upon communities chock full of wonderful people connecting in amazing ways. [...]

By: Danny Brown

Danny Brown — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:13:25 +0000

What always makes me laugh when I’m on Twitter is watching the Tweets from ppl at tech events like CES. All these updates coming in from their iPhone or Blackberry – um, aren;t you actually watching the flippin’ presentation?? ;-)

Every facet of social media is different to each person – you know my love of the medium, Suze, but I don’t use it all. I hate Digg, for instance (very cliquish) – but others swear by it.

It’s how we use the medium that makes it worthwhile, and if we can show real-life instances and correlations on how social media can benefit someone (with very little effort on their behalf) then that’s when the mainstream will hit (IMO).

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By: Jennifer Larson

Jennifer Larson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:52:15 +0000

While I am most definitly keyed into social media and technology, I unplug once I leave my house. My cell phone is the only technology I utulize outside of my bubble. That being said, I am not busy enough with work, yet, to need all kinds of gadgets; I don't even get the internet on my cell phone (gasp!) At this point, I have no problem interacting with people that don't tweet. But I'm still new at it, so I will have to keep everything you've said in mind over the coming year. Jennifer Larson’s last blog post..Keying In To The Proper Keywords For Your Blog

By: Michelle Kostya

Michelle Kostya — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:29:18 +0000

I am the complete opposite – most days I spend around people who don’t know Twitter, Podcasts and who wouldn’t know RSS is if it bit them. All my “friends” who know this stuff are online. I guess that is due to the fact that i am currently on mat leave, and living in the burbs. I love getting out to events where I can say the word “twitter” and not have someone say “huh” and when I explain I see their eyes glaze over….

By: Todd Jordan

Todd Jordan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:07:39 +0000

As one that often lives inside that bubble I relate to this. Even going to a work functio the most I’ll see is folks talking on their phone.

Funny that at local blogger gatherings that very few of them focus on sharing via social network. They fall back to their blogs to share later. Many of them still instant msg over twitter etc and also sms over soc net share.

I think one of the reasons this is though is that many are not thinking of their blog as being ‘out there’ on the net. They also can’t fathom why they would want to open up and share stuff w/a total stranger.

Next generation will likely be differnt.