Co-author of Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation and, Earn Trust. Julien has spent the past 15 years involved with online communities and was one of the original podcasters. He was later able to bring his podcast show to traditional radio.
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- relationships
- leverage social capital to financial capital
- trends
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i love the discussion of the reality of the numbers of followers…identifying that while it is important, what lies behind the number is more important. would love to read more about this!
Some of my thoughts….I like the concept of gatekeepers vs gatejumpers in the age of social media. Also thinking about what you said about some of our chitchatty superficial relationships with people in our community vs surprisingly deep and authentic online connections. I’m taking an online memoir writing class which is fantastic! I’ve never taken an online class and I was a little skeptical but people are being so real so quickly with one another. I think some of that is the nature of memoir and whose drawn to it but i do think the illusion of anonymity might really be freeing!
Rachael, isn’t that a different perspective than the often “popularity” pursuit of #’s.
Denise, prior to teaching online, I was a huge skeptic. Now after teaching Health online since 2003, I find it quite interesting at the honesty in an online classroom. I am much newer with social media, but as I stated in the interview, have found it interesting the “friends” and connections I have made online. It has definitely been easier to find my tribe online.
Yeah…what IS that about? On a different but related note, I haven’t done any online dating to speak of but I know many people who have–some very successfully. I think part of my trepidation has been that in-person warmth and chemistry is such a different thing that how we use words. I love words. But I also like to get a feel for people as we all do. I guess in the social media arena since there isn’t really anything at stake its such a great way to find ones tribe. One thing that’s interesting is that sometimes in town I wind up connecting at a certain level with people who have diametrically opposed views to mine but I connect with there general friendliness. Maybe social media and the like is a way to cut to the chase, so to speak:)
Or maybe those of us in similar tribes hang out at the same water cooler. But in person we are living our “to do’s” so we run across people from all kinds of tribes.
I think as move forward in the 21st century social contact on the Internet will increase. As a “middle aged” woman I try to keep up with the latest social networking sites. My life is enriched because I now have friends from all over the world and I can have daily interaction. When I was a kid I saw friends in person and long distance phone calls were a big deal because of the cost. Now because of social networks I can chat with my friends in England, Japan and New Zeland in just a matter of seconds. These relationships are just as important to me as the ones I see face to face. Thanks Koren for allowing your listeners the opportuinty to connect as well!
If not for the ‘social networking sites’ -I suppose my book wouldn’t do as well as it does with it; and, on a non business side, as reclusive as I can be writing/editing at home in the cove on this mountain, social networking keeps me connected.
On the “bad side” – sometimes I feel the pressure to keep up – to follow my followers – and I need to check each one out first, to go to blogs and visit as a courtesy since they visited me, wonder if this person on Facebook I don’t know who wants to friend me is a “real person” or …not…. so the time it takes to keep up can feel heavy upon my shoulders.
But!what a support system! People from all over the US, all over the world, come together to support each other – pretty cool!