we can haz blog?

Since the other two blog entries were about Chapter 4, I decided to respond to "Whose Space?", the study on social networking sites. The hometown pride part is just a bonus ☺ (both Northwestern and UIC are located in Chi-town...woo hoo!)

To seem a little more legit, I did feel an interest/connection to the topic. I have used 3 out of the 4 main sites studied (Friendster I’ve heard of but never actually used…and what the heck are Orkut and Beebo?!) and I found myself comparing my own personal experiences to their results.

Note: Personal opinions are first and kind of long, you can skip to the actual study part if you want…I’ll make it bold or something.

Oh, and here's a timeline of when SNS'es came out just so you can see em all (I highlighted the ones in the study). Click to make it bigger.

I got an e-mail requesting me to join this SNS today in my e-mail. Apparently, you can create ANY type of social network and then invite people to join it. Kinda like groups on facebook? Just thought it was interesting and thought people may want to check it out.

http://www.ning.com

As I was reading Chapter 6 in Baron's Always On, I recalled a headline I had seen on one of the blogs I visit multiple times a day. (Funny how these things run full circle..) According to this article, Wikipedia founder has suggested that all updates to the site would have to be approved by an editor before being allowed to be changed. The editors are balking at this idea, saying they have too much work, but founder Jimmy Wales seems determined to do something to change it.
This may have to change, or at least be taken into consideration for, the way we examine wikipedia as a blog type site.

Check out the full article here:
Wikipedia to moderate all updates

I'm pretty sure this is just some guy messing around and creating a graphic, but it's amusing nonetheless. I had brought it up a few classes ago, so i thought I'd finally post it.

http://graphjam.com/2008/10/01/song-chart-memes-facebook-wall-activity/