Comments on: Social Network Interaction Much Less That You’d Think http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/social-network-interaction/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:46:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pete http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/social-network-interaction/comment-page-1/#comment-23761 Pete Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:18:27 +0000 http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/?p=582#comment-23761 Hey Christofer, Thanks for the comment. Yes, I think these "weak-ties" are also quite important for our social networks. As for isolation in public transport, I am not really sure whether it used to be any different before, but you definitely have a point that in certain circumstances, we tend to flock together. You might be interested in reading up on the term homophily: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophily Hey Christofer,

Thanks for the comment. Yes, I think these “weak-ties” are also quite important for our social networks. As for isolation in public transport, I am not really sure whether it used to be any different before, but you definitely have a point that in certain circumstances, we tend to flock together. You might be interested in reading up on the term homophily: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophily

]]> By: Christofer http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/social-network-interaction/comment-page-1/#comment-23743 Christofer Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:11:16 +0000 http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/?p=582#comment-23743 Thank you for sharing this! I found it quite interesting, even though this is what I believe most people had suspected. I do find though, that we make a lot of "secondary communication" with people that we do not really know, and this has increased considerably due to social networking. We share links, thoughts et cetera and comments on others links or thoughts (just like I am doing now). What I found interesting with this video is that we do not find it necessary to talk to people at our workplace or on the trains, buses and so forth, when we have the possibility to talk to, for example, our closest friends or wifes at all times. We prefer them to strangers (perhaps obviously). (I even see classmates on their way to school, listening to their iPods instead of talking to each other.) I'm not sure this is an issue, but this kind of "bringing the things you enjoy the most", your favorite friend in your mobile, or Bob Dylan in your iPod, has made the interest of talking to others go away. And perhaps this also has to do with the fact that we do not find it as interesting with "the other", when we can look it up and read about that on the Internet. Just a few thoughts! :) Thank you for sharing this! I found it quite interesting, even though this is what I believe most people had suspected.

I do find though, that we make a lot of “secondary communication” with people that we do not really know, and this has increased considerably due to social networking. We share links, thoughts et cetera and comments on others links or thoughts (just like I am doing now).

What I found interesting with this video is that we do not find it necessary to talk to people at our workplace or on the trains, buses and so forth, when we have the possibility to talk to, for example, our closest friends or wifes at all times. We prefer them to strangers (perhaps obviously). (I even see classmates on their way to school, listening to their iPods instead of talking to each other.) I’m not sure this is an issue, but this kind of “bringing the things you enjoy the most”, your favorite friend in your mobile, or Bob Dylan in your iPod, has made the interest of talking to others go away. And perhaps this also has to do with the fact that we do not find it as interesting with “the other”, when we can look it up and read about that on the Internet.

Just a few thoughts! :)

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