I will say the value of these supposed social connections to someone you can never meet is very low and nearly worthless. You don't really know anyone until you meet them in person. Whether you believe that or not is up to you. In my 17 years of experience with online communities, BBSes, mailing lists, etc. this has been a firm constant.
-- Kyle Gonzales Sent from my mobile On Mar 15, 2011, at 12:56 PM, Nathan Hamiel <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's the ultimate of elitism to say that the reason someone finds no value in > something is that they are not doing it right. I at one point had 4 Facebook > accounts and 4 Twitter accounts. I canceled most of them due to a lack of > value regarding my time. > > That is not what I said at all. Please, if you are going to quote or > paraphrase something I said ensure the message is correct. There is a > difference between doing something wrong as you put it and not doing > something at all. That was my point. There is nothing elitist about that, > it's about understanding. Someone who sits on the outside of something and > analyzes it will never have the perspective of someone who has been on the > inside. All I did was add evidence to the contrary. I think I made valid > points, but whatever. > > I don't even want to ask why having 4 Facebook accounts and 4 Twitter > accounts was even necessary because I don't want to prolong this discussion > on a list that probably doesn't care. So i'll leave it at that. > > The network as William says is a medium. It's people and connections that > matter. And I found it's much more valuable to meet them in person. > > But in our modern world that isn't possible or even necessary in some > situations. You can have interactions with people where it may not be > possible meet in person. So you are saying there is no value in creating a > social connection with someone that you can't meet in person? This is > ridiculous, especially in a world driven by technology. My value of a > relationship has no bearing on whether I can meet them in person or not. You > can also extend the relationship of someone you have met in person through a > social network. I go to security conferences every year. I meet people, we > talk, etc. Then throughout the rest of the year there is an information > exchange through a social network. That is valuable as an augmented > communication to where you have met someone in person. > > -- > Nathan Hamiel > http://hexsec.com > http://twitter.com/nathanhamiel > blog: www.neohaxor.org >
