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

Wed Jan 19 03:04:16 CET 2011

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Roberto

Michel Bauwens wrote:
> thanks Olivier, are you on quora?
>
> I didn't know about it but am hooked from 'go' ..
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> Michel
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> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:19 PM, olivier auber 
> <olivierauber2 at gmail.com <mailto:olivierauber2 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     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.
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>     http://is.gd/URiWqO
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>     Olivier
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>     2011/1/18 Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:michelsub2004 at gmail.com>>
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>         well said Sam!
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>         for social activism?"
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>               New answer to "Are social networks the new platforms for
>               social activism?"
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>         *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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