Comments on: Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:14:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html/comment-page-1#comment-4952 Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:26:05 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html#comment-4952 [...] have I learned in all of this? What my colleagues and friends do has influence. I did set a pretty high bar a while back for the next social network I’d join. And what did I do with the influence of [...] [...] have I learned in all of this? What my colleagues and friends do has influence. I did set a pretty high bar a while back for the next social network I’d join. And what did I do with the influence of [...]

]]> By: claudia http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html/comment-page-1#comment-3876 claudia Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:53:35 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html#comment-3876 lol! your bot got here before I did! Do it, just pull the plug and do it. Unless it provides concrete benefits than there's no point. --Clau lol! your bot got here before I did! Do it, just pull the plug and do it. Unless it provides concrete benefits than there’s no point. –Clau

]]> By: claudiapena.com » Blog Archive » I’ve Got Beef (theorectically)…. http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html/comment-page-1#comment-3875 claudiapena.com » Blog Archive » I’ve Got Beef (theorectically)…. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:46:45 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html#comment-3875 [...] minded people include: 1. Jawad Shuaib on the Shuzak social network…lol! Love the pic. 2. Zen and the Art of Non-profit Technology…Amen 3. And Dan Robinson’s commentary…do you really think the blogosphere is the [...] [...] minded people include: 1. Jawad Shuaib on the Shuzak social network…lol! Love the pic. 2. Zen and the Art of Non-profit Technology…Amen 3. And Dan Robinson’s commentary…do you really think the blogosphere is the [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html/comment-page-1#comment-3848 admin Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:50:38 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html#comment-3848 <p>Well, I can imagine they might love my attitude right now. I imagine they won't love the fact that I am <strong>this</strong> close to opting out of the whole social network experiment altogether until it's truly open</p> Well, I can imagine they might love my attitude right now. I imagine they won’t love the fact that I am this close to opting out of the whole social network experiment altogether until it’s truly open

]]> By: Allan Benamer http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html/comment-page-1#comment-3847 Allan Benamer Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:33:04 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.org/2007/10/social-networks-and-digital-sharecropping.html#comment-3847 I think digital sharecropping works better as an analogy than as an actual analytical insight. Basically, Facebook and other social networking apps have a strong incentive to prevent people from leaving by providing them better and better toolsets over time. That obviously doesn't happen in agriculture. People have left social networks before and they will do so again if there is an alternative that suits them better. It's ludicrous to think that commercial social networks have a real lock on your content. Theoretically, you COULD convince your friends to move along with you -- thus bringing your personal network and content to another social network. However, Michelle, your attitude is to not join yet another social network. I hate to tell you this but commercial social networking entrepreneurs LOVE your attitude. It means lock-in that they don't have to build. The more curmudgeonly social networking users get, the less likely they are to adopt new social networks. I think digital sharecropping works better as an analogy than as an actual analytical insight. Basically, Facebook and other social networking apps have a strong incentive to prevent people from leaving by providing them better and better toolsets over time. That obviously doesn’t happen in agriculture.

People have left social networks before and they will do so again if there is an alternative that suits them better. It’s ludicrous to think that commercial social networks have a real lock on your content. Theoretically, you COULD convince your friends to move along with you — thus bringing your personal network and content to another social network. However, Michelle, your attitude is to not join yet another social network. I hate to tell you this but commercial social networking entrepreneurs LOVE your attitude. It means lock-in that they don’t have to build. The more curmudgeonly social networking users get, the less likely they are to adopt new social networks.

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