6 Qualities Of A Good Social Network
Posted by Sebastien on the 2007/03/06 at 07:26
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Brian Balfour from the Social Degree Blog talks about the various qualities of a social network. He proposes three broad characteristics that great social networks share and his readers add three others.
- Personality/Identity: “The best of social networks have their own personality or identity, just like a living being.”
- Fun: “They are a place to socially interact with other people”
- Genuine: “user interactions are for the best of the community”
- Utilitarian: “for example the knowledge sharing on Delicious in the form of shared bookmarks” (proposed by Andrew Weissman)
- Self promotion: “Today’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors (…) By its very name, MySpace encourages attention-seeking, as does YouTube.” (Via CNN, proposed by Lafayette Howell)
- Trusted: “I think people keep coming back to a site because they ca