Comments on: Does Social Networking Equal Real Networking? http://jeremysluyters.com/2009/11/does-social-networking-equal-real-networking.html It's time to participate in the participatory web Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:06:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scott W. http://jeremysluyters.com/2009/11/does-social-networking-equal-real-networking.html/comment-page-1#comment-19 Scott W. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:23:14 +0000 http://jeremysluyters.com/?p=259#comment-19 Great point Jeremy. I'm in the middle of The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, and he is very clear about the differences between "friends" and "acquaintances". Facebook says I have 200 friends, but probably 96% of those are acquaintances. Facebook and LinkedIn aren't there so I can keep in touch with my friends and immediate family, it's there so I can keep in better touch with acquaintances. It's specifically because family and friends are so closely connected that we rarely get new information directly from them. It's the people who inhabit other social circles, our acquaintances, that drive the knowledge sharing engine of our society. Great point Jeremy. I’m in the middle of The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, and he is very clear about the differences between “friends” and “acquaintances”. Facebook says I have 200 friends, but probably 96% of those are acquaintances. Facebook and LinkedIn aren’t there so I can keep in touch with my friends and immediate family, it’s there so I can keep in better touch with acquaintances.

It’s specifically because family and friends are so closely connected that we rarely get new information directly from them. It’s the people who inhabit other social circles, our acquaintances, that drive the knowledge sharing engine of our society.

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