atw: Re: Great Mate vs Gr8 M8 (very long and philosophical)

Sorry to intrude in this exciting discussion, I haven't used FB either.

Could anyone tell me what I've been missing?

Rafael
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christine Kent" <c.bkent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:13 PM
Subject: atw: Re: Great Mate vs Gr8 M8 (very long and philosophical)


> Oh bugger off.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BOG4N
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2008 1:27 PM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Great Mate vs Gr8 M8 (very long and philosophical)
>
> Oh Christine, you really are struggling with the whole concept, aren't 
> you?!
> Maybe you should stick with your quill and scroles, deary.
>
> You're absolutely tripping if you think FB isn't about communication. Have
> you actually spent any time with the application? ...because it sounds to 
> me
> that you haven't.
>
> Like Charles, I also use FB as a means of communication with my OS firends
> in much the same way I use email.
>
> Admittedly, FB is a pretty crappy and limited tool, but it still serves 
> its
> intended purpose and that is to help connect ppl and facilitae 
> communication
> between you and your contacts.
>
> There is much more to FB than a person's "I-centerd" profile.
>
> B0G4N> From: christine_kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To:
> austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: atw: Re: Great Mate vs Gr8 M8 (very
> long and philosophical)> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:11:49 +1000> > Ning is
> the grown-up facebook - if that is not a contradiction in terms.> > I told
> you I was struggling with the language to communicate the concepts.> So
> please understand that I am not broadcasting at you from a point of>
> certainty, but attempting to collaborate in a discussion to bring light on
> a> relatively unformulated feeling that I am (and incidentally many
> grown-ups> on Ning are) grappling with.> > For a start, I think we differ 
> on
> the meaning of the words "communication"> and "structure".> > 
> Communication
> to me has to involve some kind of heart space, some kind of> loaded 
> meaning
> in every word and/or some kind of change of state as a result> of the
> communication. I think you are using it to mean telling people about> you,
> and listening to stories others are telling about themselves
> . For you> it is an exchange of stories, for me it results in a changed
> state of being.> > Structure to me is more than boxes. If I have a box of
> post-it notes, and a> box of illustrations - that is a degree of 
> structure -
> everything is in> boxes. But there is no relationship between each of the
> items in each box,> and no relationship between the boxes. So perhaps I am
> really talking about> relationships.> > I think your comment, "pages... 
> are
> constructed by a user specifically to> reflect that user's interests and>
> network connections" does support my point about I-centred 
> communication ->
> everyone is telling their own story of "I".> > Your comment, "we must be
> aware though of the distinction between the> capability of the application
> and its presumed limitations (being subjective> to each user's 
> imagination)"
> may or may not be true. If you look at> LearningTown
> (http://learningtown.ning.com/) and ContentWrangler>
> (http://thecontentwrangler.ning.com/ ), you will see really
> good topics> dying without reaching any outcome or conclusion - they run
> out of energy> and do not bring about any changed state. I am part of
> several other groups> on Ning, trying to make it do what we want it to 
> do -
> so far without much> joy.> > I would hate to see these mailing lists all 
> get
> gobbled up into Ning,> because they can do what Ning can't.> > Christine> 
>  >

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