Comments on: Friendship or nothing http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:26:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: JISC Access Management Team » Blog Archive » No, I’m Spartacus http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/#comment-1095 JISC Access Management Team » Blog Archive » No, I’m Spartacus Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:17:15 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/#comment-1095 [...] Facebook also provides a false interpretation of your identity by the limitations in how you can describe your relationships with people and applications. You are always a friend or a fan, as Paul Walk has pointed out. [...] [...] Facebook also provides a false interpretation of your identity by the limitations in how you can describe your relationships with people and applications. You are always a friend or a fan, as Paul Walk has pointed out. [...]

]]> By: paul http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/#comment-1077 paul Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:47:43 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/#comment-1077 OK - after reviewing the matter, I've come up with: a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mostly_Harmless#Title" rel="nofollow">mostly harmless</a>, well known blogger. ;-) OK - after reviewing the matter, I’ve come up with:

a mostly harmless, well known blogger.

;-)

]]> By: lorcan dempsey http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/#comment-1076 lorcan dempsey Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:42:48 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/#comment-1076 a well-known blogger? That is a bit of a one-dimensional description, surely .... ;-) a well-known blogger? That is a bit of a one-dimensional description, surely …. ;-)

]]> By: paul http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/#comment-1074 paul Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:00:41 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/#comment-1074 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian" rel="nofollow">"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"</a> “He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy!”

]]> By: Brian Kelly http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/#comment-1073 Brian Kelly Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:32:07 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/2008/07/18/friendship-or-nothing/#comment-1073 I agree, the terminology on social networking services can be confusing. I suggest to people that when they 'befriend' people on such services that they should regard this as simply establishing an undefined relationship. This should also apply to groups, pages and applications on services such as Facebook, Ning, etc. And, as was pointed out to me by Ross Gardler at this week's JISC Innovation Forum, the terminology associated with Twitter is similarly confusing - when I spoke about 'my Twitter followers' I did not mean to imply that I see myself as some kind of messiah! I agree, the terminology on social networking services can be confusing. I suggest to people that when they ‘befriend’ people on such services that they should regard this as simply establishing an undefined relationship. This should also apply to groups, pages and applications on services such as Facebook, Ning, etc.

And, as was pointed out to me by Ross Gardler at this week’s JISC Innovation Forum, the terminology associated with Twitter is similarly confusing - when I spoke about ‘my Twitter followers’ I did not mean to imply that I see myself as some kind of messiah!

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