This is my second blog on blogger, so I'm quite familiar with the blogger environment.
I've decided to write about Web 2.0 in my first blog post. For me, web 2.0 is pretty much what I've grown up with. I've followed all the various social networking websites and have grown to be quite a frequent visitor. I've come and gone from many social networking websites like Bebo, Tagged and Myspace. Now, I'm a regular user of sites like Facebook, Twitter, DeviantArt, LiveJournal and many other forum-dedicated specific websites.
I guess we all have our opinions, and mine is probably swayed by the fact that Web 2.0 is what I have always known.
We'll see what the future holds
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2 years ago
4 comments:
Great to see both your blogs Amelia, have you been tempted to try a new format like Wordpress? I think I'd like to give that a go one day.
As you've grown up with social networking sites and forums, what have you found good / not-so-good about them?
What is your opinion on efforts for community organisations to connect with people through such sites & forums.
How do you think blogs & other web2.0 tools will figure into your ambitions as a writer?
Thanks for commenting on my blog. No, I haven't tried Wordpress as a format as of yet. Might give it a go one day :)
I think the main thing that social networking creators do wrong is they fill their sites with things that they don't need. They introduce all different kinds of games and extras that aren't really needed. Farmville is a very obvious example of this on Facebook. After all, they are social networking sites not game sites.
Personally, I think the idea of community organisations using sites and forums for communication is excellent. After all, we are in the technology age and all people want to do is find ways to save time and make things easier for themselves.
Blogger and LiveJournal are such amazing assistance websites for aspiring authors. It gives you a bit of an outlet to write out your thoughts and then people can comment and let you know how good or in most cases how bad it is.
Sure I don't play games at Facebook at the moment either, but I have (the scrabble type and boggle type and Pictionary type) and I know many do, so clearly lots of people enjoy them, which means that they're at the site and therefore fodder for the advertisers which is where Facebook has the opportunity for income. So the site does need them.
Also if we think of a social networking site like a popular coffee shop or bar ... games are a feature of many such places, because gaming facilitates social interaction even if it doesn't dominate it. So some people need them.
My social challenge has been to resist the guilt when I ignore the frequent invitations to participate in games like Farmville. I got over an addiction to Bejewelled, clearly a couple of my friends knew how to score better, but that element of seeing that others were playing too made me feel less... silly for playing such a silly game.
Yes, I see that you're probably right. I will secretly admit that I do play a couple of games on Facebook. I suppose it's another way to keep people on the site by showing that you can play games and not just talk to people.
I just haven't got into Farmville or anything like that. I'm more into the 'brain games' then at least I can pretend I'm actually working out my brain while I'm wasting some time!
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