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By: Some guesses about the future of social media, part 1 « Quarkstone's Blog

Some guesses about the future of social media, part 1 « Quarkstone's Blog — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:23:42 +0000

[...] I found a brilliant and very entertaining explanation of this in Grant McCracken’s blog post “How social networks work: the puzzle of exhaust data”, but here’s a short version: humans and all social mammals spend a huge amount of time engaging [...]

By: Wikinomics – What you need, when you need it: How context-aware machines will change how we access information

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:35:45 +0000

[...] anthropological view (circa 2007) of ‘exhaust data’ is that it has little information content, but lots of [...]

By: estetik cerrahi

estetik cerrahi — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:02:47 +0000

The ability to chit chat is now, like making friends, completely non-restrictive. Even more interesting, these moments where we notice that will not exists for today's teen.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:47:19 +0000

this article has touched on what you are going on about:

New Media, Networking and Phatic Culture
Vincent Miller
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Vol. 14, No. 4, 387-400 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1354856508094659

By: Michael Brunner

Michael Brunner — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:19:35 +0000

Thanks for introducing me to the concept of 'phatic communication'. I i was frankly at a loss as to why following tweets was so damn compelling- but bow I know

By: Leah Dossey

Leah Dossey — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:12:24 +0000

I'm okay, you are okay and this blog post is more than okay. I like how it answer the question, "Why do people tweet about their lunch?" So many people will write about having meaningful content and not boring your readers with "I ate the best cheeseburger ever!" But the cheeseburger was good. It IS fun to entertain your cat – and it just goes to prove your point. It's okay.

By: Xyooj

Xyooj — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:13:05 +0000

interesting thoughts...thanks for sharing
the value of knowing you exist and that others that you value also exist is perhaps keep us all in touch with our existence....knowing that you have content within yourself.
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By: erica david

erica david — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:53:03 +0000

I heart the phatic function! A way huger proportion of what is assumed to be referential dwells in the phatic. Phatic is the excess dimension of reassurance. True, nobody understands you but at least you're not completely alone. Like when you're driving at night and an oncoming driver flashes his lights and you go on to find out that there is indeed a cop hiding under the overpass. It's referential yes (cop!) but the solidarity with a stranger makes it more than that.

By: MEL

MEL — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:02:45 +0000

Phatic communication is phat!

You might be interested in the efforts to link together the "social graphs" into a meta-network

http://bradfitz.com/social-graph-problem/

By: Donna Breslin

Donna Breslin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:25:12 +0000

Interesting for cyberspace, what about real space? I am wondering if the old fashioned coffee station which is centrally located in a workplace serves the same purpose… oh, you still work here and so do I! Does anyone have any information about the socio/economic value of having a coffee station?