Comments on: It Takes a Village

By: ed hardy plus

ed hardy plus — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:53:30 +0000

Everything will be all right,I am behind you.

By: Nicholas Butler

Nicholas Butler — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:16:34 +0000

Hey there Chris I remembered your post here and thought I would bring to your attention a example of people building social communities online through just those things you discussed.

http://www.crawleyonline.org/portal.php

Its managed by John Bowers ( A Facebook friend of mine ) who has been building a local social community over time.

By: Matthew Cornell

Matthew Cornell — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:15:05 +0000

This is an insight that’s been brewing in my mind for a while. Not just “it takes a village,” but “I *have* a village!” With it comes (paraphrasing Spidey’s uncle) great responsibility.

By: marshal sandler

marshal sandler — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:42:55 +0000

Social Media gives us all a chance to collect our thought’s and
grow from the dialogue of others, since we don’t see things as they are we see things- as we are ! It is nice live in a villlage with kind people, expressing kind thoughts ! I agree with Rebecca the real world can create loose associations !

By: Rebecca Rachmany

Rebecca Rachmany — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:18:50 +0000

Although it seems rather similar, needing your “friends” on facebook because they might know a database programmer is rather different from knowing your neighbor because you need to borrow a cup of milk. People have always had a large range of loose associations. Social media certainly makes it easy to keep track of them (You never have to try and recall where you know someone from or what they do for a living). Still, it is of a very different nature from loose associations in the real world.

By: Steven Hodson

Steven Hodson — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:26:43 +0000

besides the fact that when I first saw the title of the post I had visions of Hillary on a pulpit I do have to say that after reading the post over a few times I do agree with the “social” as a software idiom rather than as a communication one; which raises an interesting question – are developers of this type of software; whether it is on the web or stand-alone facing the web being sociall responsible when they release products that are so easily hacked into or gamed?

As for the village concept itself I’m not sure. I some ways this strikes me as more of a game of semantics than anything else. Social Network vs. Village … hmmm .. not sure.

By: Rick Mahn

Rick Mahn — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:25:01 +0000

Very interesting take on Steven Hodson’s point. I’m intrigued by your “friends” classification – I believe that this is one failing point of the social networks that could be reworked to better effect (which is inspiring for a post in itself).

The “it takes a village” theme is true (even if it reminds me too much of Hillary), the interaction of a group brings fresh, differing opinions and points of view. For me, it helps teach me new things and presents new ideas to ponder. It helps each individual get a better understanding of the people we interact with and is the path to building friendships rather than acquaintances.

Regards,
Rick

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:08:05 +0000

I found the village concept useful Chris, thanks.

Your post has also helped me think through Liz Strauss’ question on the difference between on-line and off-line relationships – which is one that I found hard to answer, and am still pondering…

Joanna

By: Clay Newton

Clay Newton — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:52:30 +0000

Good one, Chris. It made me think a lot about the importance of the word “village”, and what it implies. Wrote a bit here:
http://xrl.us/6gso

Thanks for making me think on Saturday morning.

By: serious about camo

serious about camo — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:49:43 +0000

A subset implies a superset…

Chris Brogan asks the following question:But do you see why the village becomes important, even if I’m mostly interacting with a smaller subset?In my mind the key to this being true is an expansive village: a superset that includes people…