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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Economist on Social Networking At the end of January, the Economist published a special report on on social networking .Their Facebook’s redesign shows how important search is for social networks Facebook did more than just move the search box, they increased its importance on the site and showed the importance of search for Facebook, and indeed all social networks Image by Xavier Lozano via Flickr At FreshNetworks, we aim to bring you the best posts in social media, online communities and customer engagement online.
 
Thursday, February 25, 2010
So it is promoting Liquidity Networks ( see brochure ) to overcome the monetary bottleneck by supplementing official EU currency with local credit that can circulate electronically to promote local economic activity, even as official Euro currency is becoming scarce. According to the Liquidity Network FAQ , that credit is similar to what elsewhere has been established as paper-based local currencies, LETS etc. Michel Bauwens asked me to summarize a discussion that started with a question, posted by Richard Douthwaite, a UK-born economist and activist who lives in Ireland. Douthwaite
 
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
People use audience/network/community/group interchangeably. If awareness it the goal, you want a network of loose ties. When companies think about building out social infrastructures, it’s helpful to have the network/community/group framework in mind. 100,000 person company is a network of people, tied together by a common thing – that they work for the company Home About Services For Vendors Policies Enterprise 2.0 Personal Branding Subscribe Gil Yehuda's Enterprise 2.0 Blog Your path to success
 

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In December 2008, global consumers spent an average of just over three hours on social networks . According to The Nielsen Company , social network sites have grown in importance globally in 2009. Australia, Brazil, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain and Italy) shows not only that overall time on site has increased, but also that the global audience for social networking has increased. Image by Balakov via Flickr In December 2009, they were spending over five and a half hours on average.
A while back I blogged about the possibility of networks and blogospheres cutting into the need for communities. Just look at Friendfeed, it’s a network, but you can also join rooms (member groups); some are feedback rooms, news rooms, topic rooms…people still like hanging out in a place (pub/coffee shop) and contributing to the pool of info in one spot, rather than scattered in a social network. If I have a question about Friendfeed functionality I I believe this is happening a great deal, as now people may have a more purposeful or ideal way of achieving their needs
Social network sites: Definition, history, and scholarship. link] Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship danah m. Ellison Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Michigan State University Go to a section in the article: Abstract Introduction Social Network Sites: A Definition A History of Social Network Sites Previous Scholarship Overview JCMC Home Submit Issues Author Index Editors About JCMC boyd, d.
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A report out this week from AT&T explores the adoption of social networking  in the workplace and the  rise of Enterprise 2.0. Based on 2,500 interviews in five countries (Great Britain, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany) the report looks at what use is made of which tools and how this helps (or otherwise in the workplace). The headline findings are interesting on their own and suggest a growing acceptance and usefulness of social Almost two-thirds of those responding (65%) said that social networks had increased either their efficiency at work, or the efficiency of their colleagues.
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Earlier this year we reported on how Russia is the fourth largest social networking market in Europe . Data from TNS showed that use of social media and social networking in Russia is widespread, making it the fourth largest market in Europe for social networking behind the UK, Germany and France. In part this position is driven by strong local social networking sites, principally Odnoklassniki ( ????????????? ), which reports some 30 million registered users, Image by khrawlings via Flickr with some 28 million registered users.
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But data from TNS shows that use of social media and social networking in the country is widespread, making it the fourth largest market in Europe for social networking behind the UK, Germany and France. The January Web Index for TNS shows that two leading social networks in Russia are witnessing the kind of acceleration in growth that we have seen in other social networks such as Facebook and Twitter . We’ve posted in the past about the use of social media in Russia, when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev launched a video blog . One of the main social