Mapping Social Networks
Posted by Mohamed Bishr on March 15, 2007
It is interesting how web social networks let you make new friends with minimal effort. I wonder if these are friends in the conventional sense though. They are more like e-pals. Research on social networks shows that geographic proximity is probably the best determiner of how often friends get together. It would be interesting of online social networks are sensitive to the location of it’s members to provide more geographic based functionality and categorization. It makes sense then that those who are geographically closer will tend to trust each others more over time as an artifact of more interaction. If social networks are location aware maybe they can eventually help us make more real friends out of our e-pals. The question remains, which is better? friends or e-pals? e-pals or friends?
Written From: office, Weather: sunny and temperate, Mood: jumpy
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