Comments on: Social Networking Sites Make Community Development Easy http://wearecommunity.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/social-networking-sites-make-community-development-easy/ community development in action Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:56:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: howardtoronto http://wearecommunity.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/social-networking-sites-make-community-development-easy/#comment-32 howardtoronto Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:37:30 +0000 http://wearecommunity.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/social-networking-sites-make-community-development-easy/#comment-32 because it’s just an electronic extension of what we have been doing for thousands of years anyway - hang out together, gossip, support each other. This is the definition that works for me. http://prmeasure.blogware.com because it’s just an electronic extension of what we have been doing for thousands of years anyway – hang out together, gossip, support each other.

This is the definition that works for me.

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]]> By: isabella mori http://wearecommunity.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/social-networking-sites-make-community-development-easy/#comment-21 isabella mori Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:02:40 +0000 http://wearecommunity.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/social-networking-sites-make-community-development-easy/#comment-21 i've had some wonderful community experiences with social media (and have written about some <a href="http://www.moritherapy.org/article/compassion-and-social-media/" rel="nofollow">here</a>). having seen the development of the internet since before bulletin boards, i don't think that social media is a blip. of course the <i>shape</i> it will take is pretty much guesswork. the idea behind sites such as twitter, facebook and myspace, however - i'm convinced it's here to stay. why? because it's just an electronic extension of what we have been doing for thousands of years anyway - hang out together, gossip, support each other. i’ve had some wonderful community experiences with social media (and have written about some here).

having seen the development of the internet since before bulletin boards, i don’t think that social media is a blip. of course the shape it will take is pretty much guesswork.

the idea behind sites such as twitter, facebook and myspace, however – i’m convinced it’s here to stay. why? because it’s just an electronic extension of what we have been doing for thousands of years anyway – hang out together, gossip, support each other.

]]> By: smith http://wearecommunity.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/social-networking-sites-make-community-development-easy/#comment-4 smith Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:05:38 +0000 http://wearecommunity.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/social-networking-sites-make-community-development-easy/#comment-4 The social networking application marketplace was comparatively small in 2006, coming in at $46.8 million. By 2009, however, this market will grow to $428.3 million creating a new application segment and establishing social networking as a new communications instrument used for many purposes other than consumer socializing. Source: http://www.ceoworld.biz/?p=363 The social networking application marketplace was comparatively small in 2006, coming in at $46.8 million. By 2009, however, this market will grow to $428.3 million creating a new application segment and establishing social networking as a new communications instrument used for many purposes other than consumer socializing.

Source: http://www.ceoworld.biz/?p=363

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