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

Michel Bauwens michelsub2004 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 19 04:47:47 CET 2011


I just invited you,

anybody else who needs an invitation let me know,

if't s a great place to learn from knowledgeable people, and also to
re-share the material we have assembled at the p2p foundation,

Michel

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Roberto Verzola <rverzola at gn.apc.org>wrote:

> I tried to create an account, but it told me it is by invitation only...
>
> Roberto
>
> Michel Bauwens wrote:
> > 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 <mailto: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
> >     <mailto:michelsub2004 at gmail.com>>
> >
> >         well said Sam!
> >
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> >         Date: Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:48 PM
> >         Subject: New answer to "Are social networks the new platforms
> >         for social activism?"
> >         To: michelsub2004 at gmail.com <mailto:michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> >
> >
> >         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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