17 January 2009

Possible Social Networks

Thinking about Facebook, I've scribbled a short list of things I could see doing with it, if it could separate identities:

Home and Hearth - keeping in touch with close family members and very close friends: people who are welcome to enter our house any time they like, whether or not we're there.

A custom-built small town - Everybody I know in life. Sort of a small-scale blog or forum.

Wright's Taliesin - a community of colleagues, sharing a creative life around a broad topic (for example, computing and community)

Workshop - an amateur community, learning by doing. For example, a poetry critique group or a singing group.

Algonquin club - being witty with witty people.

Doctor's hours - being available when a fire happens at work, whenever it happens.

I can't imagine mashing all these groups into one undifferentiated lump of 'Friends'.

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