Comments on: On the need for higher-level, philosophical, theoretical social media discussions

By: Nadia Nascimento

Nadia Nascimento — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:32:46 +0000

Great post, sir!

Another area that we discussed was the idea of digital natives, immigrants and now to be included in the digital diaspora: “The emigrants.” There is a lot to discuss; what we need to do is find that group of impassioned people who want to ask the questions and take the risks in designing some answers.

Thanks for being one of them to push the conversation further.

-nn

By: the meta of twitter

the meta of twitter — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:49:02 +0000

[...] started, or continued, a conversation on his blog that i think we should all take seriously (or let’s say, play with). he states there is a need [...]

By: Paul Holmes

Paul Holmes — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:34:18 +0000

I just saw Catherine’s post which led me here.

I was quite astonished at how easy it was to set up an SMC meeting in Victoria. We had a location donated, and my company contributed coffee, water and the odd snacks (<$30/month), and we were off and running.

The quality of guest speaker (many from Vancouver, including yourself) has been excellent.

Feel free to give Colleen my contact info, and if there's anything I can do to help, I'd be happy to do so.

By: Victoria Online Community Supports Social Media Club | WordSpring.ca

Victoria Online Community Supports Social Media Club | WordSpring.ca — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:42:47 +0000

[...] Here’s a comment I posted to my friend Raul Pacheco-Vega’s blog, Hummingbird604. He was asking for some more opportunities for the Vancouver online community to discuss at a deeper level the many issues our evolving use of social media raises. I’ll comment a bit more, but here’s what I posted following his article. [...]

By: Raul

Raul — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:40:37 +0000

@ Christopher – I’ll make sure to integrate those on to a wiki page

@ Tris – um. No. You know me. My Sundays are sacred, FTW!

@ Catherine – Yes, actually we are in the process. I’m not spearheading (Colleen Coplick is) but I’m part of the group who is talking about it. That’s one of the steps we’re talking towards formalizing these discussions.

By: Catherine Novak

Catherine Novak — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:12:50 +0000

Has the Vancouver social media community considered starting a chapter of the Social Media Club? I know it’s “yet another thing” for many people, but its whole mission is to have these conversations, both in person and online. It has benefitted the Victoria community enormously for these reasons:
1) The larger organization is a wonderful space to share local discussions and “lessons learned”, and the arrangment is reciprocal, with wider discussions seeding the local level too.
2) It encompasses the full spectrum of social media – not just blogging, not just the “flavour of the month” – and many of our discussions are applicable across platforms.
3) It is becoming a recognized brand in itself. As a professional engaged in social media, I’d like to visit chapters in other towns. Are there great people visiting Vancouver who are missing connections because they don’t know where to look?

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:29:46 +0000

Bah! Nothing like a little mental stimulation on a Sunday morning. What do you think the New York Times was made for, huh?

By: Christopher Parsons

Christopher Parsons — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:36:02 +0000

I no particular order, the things I want to think about over the next few months re: social media:

- ethics of anonymity; what are the obligations of the viewer/reader towards an anonymous poster
- correspondence of law; how ought (rather than are) laws be correlated between physical and digital – should we even bother with this distinction?
- how does ontological security tie into social media, and in what ways (this is terribly broad, but develops on other work I’ve been doing for the past few years)

There are, of course, others but those are presently my ‘big three’.