Comments on: Social search in action

By: TarotByArwen

TarotByArwen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:53:52 +0000

Twitter has made me feel as though my world has expanded. Today I talked about my new experiences with WiiFit and found several of my Twitterhood also do WiiFit. It was fun to get feedback and instant “atta girl’s” from everyone.

By: larak

larak — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:08:25 +0000

Monte, Jen and Sarah, thank you so much for your comments. I really appreciate them!

Sorah, thanks for visiting and for your comments as well. Twitter is an international site for sure – I follow people there from all over the world. Where are you based?

By: Sora Kim

Sora Kim — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:39:00 +0000

The power of social networking is truly amazing. I love how you asked if you should still eat a cookie after dropping it on the ground! And even better the responses are funny and informative. What’s great about twitter is that when you post your question you can get immediate responses from your peers.

I had a question about twitter, can anyone post to your question or blog? Is this site international or is it strictly American?

In regards to your point about adding certain people on facebook or “strategically cultivating a network of expert sources and people for whom you, in turn, can be an informed,” I go to college for public relations and use facebook for friendship and to keep up on what my friends are up to. Not only do I use facebook for friendship but I also use it to add public relations groups that will inform me about job postings, what to expect in a “real world” position, any tips or advice given from people in the field (this can be on an international level as well depending on who responds to the discussion), read articles that others have posted and much more.

I believe social networks like facebook for example can give you the best of both worlds. You can add all of your friends and use it in a social aspect but you can also find useful information that can benefit, in my case, towards my future career. But the answer to your cookie question is an important one even though you didn’t eat it even though people were suggesting it was still good after 2-3 seconds.

By: Sarah Z.

Sarah Z. — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:45:16 +0000

You’re exactly correct Lara. This is the perfect example I needed to demonstrate the power of tools like Twitter to friends who, despite their active networking abilities, consider Twitter similar to stalking. I knew that it was a strong tool but I don’t have an example like this (yet) to make my point. Thank you for this blog!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:09:58 +0000

You’re adorable! Absolutely adorable! Have to tell you though, on Mythbusters they found that the 5 second rule does not exist. Contact is contact and exposure is exposure. But, chocolate chip cookies are chocolate chip cookies, so all bets are off.

I love the fact that you’re blogging!

By: Monte

Monte — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:49:09 +0000

You have made an excellent point in that developing a social network on twitter is basically a trust your neighbor type thing. Out here in the western rural areas, it is extremely important to be able to ask a neighbor for advice, and trust that the answer is one to live by. To drop a cookie and pick it up to eat is a small thing when you look at the bigger picture of trust.