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Re: Will Social Networks Define Who We Are?

Josue Sanchez — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:06:33 -0000

The future may be in social "meebo's." We may have our own favorite social platform, but also want to keep in touch with our friends who sing in different sites.

Re: Will Social Networks Define Who We Are?

Geoff Livingston — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:36:50 -0000

Especially if initiatives like OpenID take hold. We will be unable to escape our online persona, good and bad. It will become intertwined with brick and mortar. Consider how many employers already search online about their potential employees....

Re: Will Social Networks Define Who We Are?

Raoul — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:08:21 -0000

I have a healthy amount of disdain for social networks, and every time someone begins to identify themselves with one, I wonder if they've really grown up. I associate them with the cliques of high school, or with the fraternities/sororities of college. Anyone so tied into a social network that they can't begin to imagine the Internet without it hasn't matured yet.

Social networks are nothing more than platforms that allow you to do various things. I might also add that many of those "things" are exaggerated and overvalued. It's important to see them as such, and nothing more. You can use them, but the moment you identify yourself with them, just as some might identify themselves with a brand, I have to question if that person can think independently and has developed a healthy personality.