In social networks, some individuals interact with more people and more often than others. In this context, one may wonder: under which conditions are social beings willing to be cooperative? Current models proposed in the context of evolutionary game the
Walls of an auditorium were covered with thousands of sheets of paper — printouts from MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and other online sites that were filled with back-stabbing gossip, unflattering images, and details about partying and dating exploits.
When it comes to online privacy, I keep these two things in mind: 1. Eventually, despite your best efforts, any information (personal or otherwise) could become universally accessible. 2. The only way to protect yourself from the potentially neg
A webapp for keeping contacts organized, organizing relationships, getting things done, helping those in leadership roles track the people and committments in their lives. Designed for ministry leaders, but possibly applicable to all leaders in service t
“Are you my friend? Yes or no?” This question, while fundamentally odd, is a key component of social network sites. Participants must select who on the system they deem to be ‘Friends.’ Their choice is publicly displayed for all to see and becomes
The Citizendium (sit-ih-ZEN-dee-um), a "citizens' compendium of everything," will be an experimental new wiki project that combines public participation with gentle expert guidance. It will begin life as a "progressive fork" of Wikipedia. But we expect
Here we explore social action. By social action we mean organized activity that seeks to improve human welfare, deepen civic culture and develop group life and commitment to others. Such a definition entails looking at the cultivation of a just and caring
"The age of reason has ended, and now we must organize around chaos." - Watts Wacker - CEO and Futurist, First Matter "All technology is approaching invisibility" - Thomas Frey - Executive Director, The DaVinci Institute "Somewhere on planet earth
Part of the allure of classifying things by assigning tags to them is that the user can give free reign to sloppiness. There is no authority —human or computational— passing judgment on the appropriateness or validity of tags, because tags have to mak
information theory and trillions of interconnected binary logic gates give the Internet far greater potential for enhancing social interactivity. They create a new high-bandwidth mode among or between communities in real, biological space, binding and ext
Landscaping firms says "We choose not to work for homosexuals" in response to email from prospective client. Like any true WOM phenom, an email received by a gay couple in Houston TX has been making the rounds online and bloggers are jumping on this emai
This is an overview of the Transtheoretical Model of Change, a theoretical model of behavior change, which has been the basis for developing effective interventions to promote health behavior change.
What social marketing is not: - Viral marketing - Word of mouth marketing - Dating or matchmaking services - Public service announcements - Focus groups - Cause marketing (companies adopting a cause to improve their image and get more sales) What
...we contemplate whether the social bookmarking space is a zero-sum game. Because of self-selection, having multiple social news sites may ultimately be a good thing...When you have more targeted sites you have better discussions, and more socializing be
This article looks at the evolving crop of social bookmarking tools, their functionality and examples of use. The goal is to help nonprofits understand the value of using social bookmarking tools and to determine which social bookmarking tool would best s