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Title:

"I'm Internet Famous": Status in Social Media

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Organizer:
Alice Marwick , New York University
Description:
Do technologists focus on what's cool, rather than what's useful? Does geek chic create an echo chamber? Is Web 2.0 an insider's game? This session explores status symbols in social media worlds (online reputation, net.celebrity, elite conferences, beta invites), inviting critical thinking about status, class, and elitism.
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Level:
Beginner
Category:
Philosophical, Social
Type:
Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2008
max Salzberg
on 31/8/07
"Do technologists focus on what's cool, rather than what's useful?"

Certainly some archetypal web 2.0 stylistic elements get confused as usability best practices, when really they are nothing more than just design trends.

"Is Web 2.0 an insider's game?"

I would say yes, because I feel Web 2.0 is currently treading on new ground, places where only early adopters exist. I would say (with a few exceptions) web 2.0 has failed to bring the general web populous up to speed with its benefits and practices. Many new web companies have been successful, but few have really answered old questions, instead creating new issues with newer answers.
Jim Rapp
on 22/9/07
Sounds like a good topic, and as in real life may well drive Web 2.0
Nike Air Force One
on 26/3/09
Great topic
Nike Air Force 1
on 28/4/09
Awesome
Nike Air Force 1 White lows
on 4/9/09
Awesome
Nike Air Force 1 White Mids
on 5/9/09
Perfect
cialis online
on 30/10/09
Sounds like a good topic, and as in real life may well drive Web 2.0
Games Online
on 3/11/09
This sounds awesome
blu ray ripper
on 13/11/09
Terrific info in support of small enterprise. Great idea!
trading software developer
on 26/11/09
Sometimes technologists get too excited about what they are doing that they often deviate from the main goal
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