Comments on: Social Networking

By: Lady Julia

Lady Julia — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:42:03 +0000

Mosthandysub: I do have a profile on Fetlife, so I’ve tried it a bit. One of the primary focuses seems to be dating/relationships and even though my profile there indicates I am not looking for that, I receive a large amount of email from men who are. It takes a bit of time to respond to those emails, certainly more than I wish to devote to it.

Nigel: yes, exactly ;)

FTW: I can see the appeal to Facebook in that type of situation. If more members of my family were participants there I might enjoy it, but I’m not really interested in maintaining contact with people from high school.

Lethrs: I agree with what you said about Twitter. I’m not looking for another place to build a community. I think it might be fun just as a spot to occasionally pop off a remark or two about various things. I had not heard of Ning.

Arafin: Thus far I have enjoyed my time in Yahoo Groups, especially yours, so that will continue to receive the focus of any group/forum time I may have. I like skype as it is pretty much as good as talking on the phone – and sometimes better if calling overseas.

By: Arafin

Arafin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:42:06 +0000

I belong to several Yahoo Groups, (and have left several more due to lack of activity on their part of lack of interest on mine). I enjoy reading and commenting on a number of blogs and I love Skyping with people. Although it costs a bit of money for a subscription I have found GoToMeeting.com to be great fun for audio parties. Lastly, I still engage in that most archaic of social networking techniques, ……… talking face to face. Living faces are wonderful. :)

Arafin

By: nigel

nigel — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:20:25 +0000

Hhmmm……..
Dommerly goofing around.

Is that the same as Subberly gadding about? (smiles)

By: lethrs

lethrs — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:43:02 +0000

So, this subject–and one I probably know more about than anyone should.

As far as social networks are concerned–you have to ask yourself what your goal is–and then find the network (or networks) that will fit that need.

Twitter is great for conversation, the tools (twitpic, twitcast etc) are great to build a network with. But its not a great community.

Ning does a great job with community building. Fetlife (which I concur requires a lot of time) is a great community–although I am not 100% sold on its ability to create networks.

Please let me know if you have specific questions etc.

By: Free Thinking Writer

Free Thinking Writer — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:11:30 +0000

I use Facebook largely because I have so many friends who use it, including people I haven’t seen in 25 years. It’s a way to keep in touch. In a way, it consolidates blog entries from all my friends, making it somewhat more convenient than chasing all their individual blogs.

I’ve never quite understood the allure of Twitter.

By: mosthandysub

mosthandysub — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:12:28 +0000

I have enjoyed using Fetlife and find it doesn’t take any more time or effort than something like Facebook. It certainly seems like everyone with an interest in the scene is a member.

Try it…you might like it!