Comments on: SoCon-clusion

By: Sally Parrott Ashbrook

Sally Parrott Ashbrook — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:22:42 +0000

I often announce to people that Dan and I met online (through match.com). How ARE you supposed to meet potential spouses these days? There should be no stigma, but I find many people are still surprised, if not a bit shocked. Truly, the web is how the vast majority of my friends who didn’t meet their spouses in high school or college met them. I encourage all my single friends who wish they weren’t single to give it a try for a while.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:23:00 +0000

Oh, I agree entirely. Social Media is conversation, entirely. Sometimes the conversation is one-sided. At other times, one side needs only to listen while the other speaks. But my concern is about the subject of conversation and moving that subject further along.

It is one thing to spend a road trip talking about how awesome your car is, but a better thing entirely to talk about where you’re going and what you’ll do once you get there.

(Thank you all for your comments and contributions so far.)

By: Dan Greenfield

Dan Greenfield — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:17:43 +0000

Thoughtful post. I appreciate the power of doing – but when it comes to social media talking sometimes is doing. To me, social media = conversation.

By: Celia Dyer

Celia Dyer — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:37:48 +0000

Stephen, I think your wife just said it “feels” like since 1994

By: Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:18:34 +0000

I’m living in the wrong decade. “1994″ in that post should have been “2004.” Oops.

By: Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:17:16 +0000

My wife and I met online in 1994. It was still somewhat edgy then. But we agreed we weren’t going to make anything up about coffee shops or whatever.

In fact, we printed out our Yahoo Personals profiles on 24×36 poster boards and had them on easels at our wedding reception! Shocked my mom a bit, but most people thought it was great!

(And two of our friends since then have met partners/spouses on line, and give us the credit for making it seem normal.)

By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » Monday reflections

Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » Monday reflections — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:54:47 +0000

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By: Celia Dyer

Celia Dyer — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:30:55 +0000

Hey, I was on AOL in ’95 and on Prodigy before that. My little girl ran up a $600+ bill on Prodigy trading toy horses on a message board (Prodigy charged for emails after the first 30). I remember surfing the web late at night in ’97 when the news popped on my screen, Princess Diana Killed in Car Accident in Paris. (Even though the Princess was a little flakey, I was saddened by the news because my mother, sister and I had watched the Royal Wedding live on TV at 4:00 in the morning from Atlanta). Yes, there was a real sense of friendship online with other “early adopters” that gave us a glimpse the world was indeed flattening. I am very sentimental about those days. In fact, Ben Dyer and I plan to visit the Computing History Museum in Mountain View, CA next month.

Thomas, I agree with Tessa. Your post on SoCon09. The. Very. Best. Period. Thanks for posting it on TechDrawl and please come back.

By: SpaceyG

SpaceyG — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:06:16 +0000

Meanwhile back at the ranch…. I’m busily evolving into doing nothing at all! Such as NOT writing-up my thoughts about SoCon09. Why not? They’re all being written-up just fine by other people. Here’s the part of Social Media where I sit back and watch. Maybe have a glass of wine around 6pm. Watch a little 24.

By: Amber Rhea

Amber Rhea — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:26:19 +0000

Well, and I also didn’t tell my mom that our first online conversation was all about the logistics of how and where we would have sex.