Comments on: Social network snobbery http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2008/10/28/social-network-snobbery/ A blog by a Brit about Web 2.0, the Internet and technology in general. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:19:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nils Geylen http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2008/10/28/social-network-snobbery/comment-page-1/#comment-377942 Nils Geylen Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:09:30 +0000 http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/?p=917#comment-377942 The problem is that it seems hard to maintain a somewhat highbrow image for these sites. Facebook certainly did lower its 'standards' - whatever those were or what you think of that. But LinkedIn too has moved decidedly towards a less 'boring' or at least less 'business-like' approach and has added many features, not in the least the blogging applications. I suppose that in order to gain the greatest reach, you have to target the greatest common factor. And we all know that is a reader/membership with the intellectual powers of a 12-year old... The highbrow, elitist, challenging web, I fear, will have little impact. It's like the Times Literary Supplement: it's got style, but who reads it, right? The problem is that it seems hard to maintain a somewhat highbrow image for these sites. Facebook certainly did lower its ’standards’ – whatever those were or what you think of that. But LinkedIn too has moved decidedly towards a less ‘boring’ or at least less ‘business-like’ approach and has added many features, not in the least the blogging applications.

I suppose that in order to gain the greatest reach, you have to target the greatest common factor. And we all know that is a reader/membership with the intellectual powers of a 12-year old… The highbrow, elitist, challenging web, I fear, will have little impact. It’s like the Times Literary Supplement: it’s got style, but who reads it, right?

]]> By: rashbre http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2008/10/28/social-network-snobbery/comment-page-1/#comment-367892 rashbre Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:42:20 +0000 http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/?p=917#comment-367892 True - In my case LinkedIn and Plaxo are more biz contact related whilst the others (FB MS etc) are more casual. Your descriptions fit well with my own experience too. True – In my case LinkedIn and Plaxo are more biz contact related whilst the others (FB MS etc) are more casual. Your descriptions fit well with my own experience too.

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