[P2P-F] Fwd: New answer to "Are social networks the new platforms for social activism?"

[Michel Bauwens]

thanks Olivier, are you on quora?

I didn't know about it but am hooked from 'go' ..

Michel

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:19 PM, olivier auber <olivierauber2 at gmail.com>wrote:

> In fact the so called "social networks" are "social silos".
>
> Using the marketing name is just confusing the map and the territory. And
> almost everybody does it!
>
> We should fight on the semantic battlefield by using a term like "social
> silo" just like Stallmann says "privative software".
> But in this case, that is NOT to say that "social silos" are BAD, just that
> they are silos and have their own legitimacy. Other rules may exist....
>
> Here is an english translation of a very short french paper about this
> confusion and its consequences.
>
> http://is.gd/URiWqO
>
> Olivier
>
>
>
> 2011/1/18 Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>
>> well said Sam!
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>> [image: Quora] New answer to "Are social networks the new platforms for
>> social activism?"
>> *Sam Rose*:
>> I don't think social networks are the "new" platforms for social activism.
>> Social networks definitely are platforms for social activism, though.
>>
>> Many people do not realize that activity among participant activists
>> online usually happens across a diverse range of "Technologies of
>> Cooperation", not limited to social networks, but also including self and
>> service hosted blogs, wiki sites, social bookmarking services, email
>> discussion groups like google groups, yahoogroups and mailman email lists,
>> open source software like statusnet, and emerging services like quora.
>> Social networks are only a part of the total picture.
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