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March 17, 2004
Henshall: Social networking is broken
Posted by Clay Shirky
Stuart Henshall,
Social Networking is BrokenFor the life of me... When is IM not a social networking device? (Have you ever seen a 12 year old girl reconnect her buddies after taking a new name?) That looks like social networking to me. When are introductions by e-mail not social networking. Or a speakerphone call? It's time to put a stop to categorizing these "things" as social networks. Call them "Associative Networking Tools" or "Structured Association Tools" or something similar. Then you can create a bucket for them. The reason there is no real business model is they are just part of / or component towards building our capabilities to enhance "presence" and connectivity.
As we say around here: w00t!
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1. Nick Douglas on March 18, 2004 9:25 PM writes...
If only AOL would set up an AIM-run SNS.
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