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Re: An arbitrary archive - What the F'ck is Social Media

Kerrymg — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:11:46 -0000

This presentation is now popping up all over the place, and as you rightly pointed out it is pretty much a regurgitation of lots of stas, most of which have appeared a gazallion times in other presentations.

Which I think just goes to show that ppl still think swearing is big and clever

Re: An arbitrary archive - What the F'ck is Social Media

Kerrymg — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:40:32 -0000

But aren't most presentations just the regurgitating of meaningless stats?

And not terribly sure where you are coming from on podcasts not being social media - is that because they don't allow for user interaction? And if so doesn't that then discount any blog that doesn't allow comments?

Re: An arbitrary archive - What the F'ck is Social Media

mediaczar — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:33:23 -0000

I think this is just regurgitating a lot of meaningless stats, really. Big numbers are fine for an opening, but really - how many must I hear to get the picture? One or two well-chosen ones would be better.

What's the difference between "participate" and "engage"?

And it's wrong-headed to believe that ads don't work because people say that ads don't affect them. Asking the audience just gets you bad data.

And I still don't believe that podcasts are social media, you know. Have you ever heard that map makers (cartographers, I suppose) used to include one or two trivial errors into each map they made: putting in a town, or a church, or bushy-topped tree that didn't exist as a tell-tale so they could catch people copying their maps? That's how I feel about things like podcasts turning up in articles on social media; it makes me think that someone has swallowed the party-line, and not done any thinking for themselves.

But it's a great ad for iStockPhoto. Must start using my account more!