Comments on: What is a friend? http://www.hallicious.com/2009/05/what-is-a-friend/ more bounce to the ounce Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:31:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: areapal http://www.hallicious.com/2009/05/what-is-a-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-778 areapal Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:38:29 +0000 http://www.hallicious.com/?p=42#comment-778 Nice article yaar! how do i describe need of friendship ? i think finding friends is a basic tool for social media & networking sites. Nice article yaar! how do i describe need of friendship ? i think finding friends is a basic tool for social media & networking sites.

]]> By: areapal http://www.hallicious.com/2009/05/what-is-a-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-701 areapal Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:38:29 +0000 http://www.hallicious.com/?p=42#comment-701 Nice article yaar! how do i describe need of friendship ? i think finding friends is a basic tool for social media & networking sites. Nice article yaar! how do i describe need of friendship ? i think finding friends is a basic tool for social media & networking sites.

]]> By: Can A Client Be Your Friend On-Line? — hallicious http://www.hallicious.com/2009/05/what-is-a-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-483 Can A Client Be Your Friend On-Line? — hallicious Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:42:09 +0000 http://www.hallicious.com/?p=42#comment-483 [...] You probably do… or do you? I’m interested in exploring this topic, as an extension of what it means to be friends on-line and off-line. [...] [...] You probably do… or do you? I’m interested in exploring this topic, as an extension of what it means to be friends on-line and off-line. [...]

]]> By: Chris Hall http://www.hallicious.com/2009/05/what-is-a-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Chris Hall Tue, 05 May 2009 17:54:50 +0000 http://www.hallicious.com/?p=42#comment-10 Thanks for the compliment. :) I think that you're right on about support being multi-dimensional. I have personally started to try to provide emotional feedback to people I am following on Twitter with either virtual high-fives or empathy depending on their tweet. This is regardless of whether or not I've had any previous contact with the person. Right now its fun to experiment with to see the responses, but imagine a world where strangers can share in your triumphs and challenges whether you know them or not... How much farther could you go if you had random people cheering you on? How much faster could you bounce back if you had random people listening to you? That could be a cool place. Jury is still deliberating on it though. Your idea of the norms around social media friends is interesting and may be worth some extra ground work research to see what's out there... More to come perhaps. :) -chris Thanks for the compliment. :) I think that you’re right on about support being multi-dimensional. I have personally started to try to provide emotional feedback to people I am following on Twitter with either virtual high-fives or empathy depending on their tweet. This is regardless of whether or not I’ve had any previous contact with the person.

Right now its fun to experiment with to see the responses, but imagine a world where strangers can share in your triumphs and challenges whether you know them or not…

How much farther could you go if you had random people cheering you on? How much faster could you bounce back if you had random people listening to you? That could be a cool place. Jury is still deliberating on it though.

Your idea of the norms around social media friends is interesting and may be worth some extra ground work research to see what’s out there…

More to come perhaps. :)

-chris

]]> By: goldenskye http://www.hallicious.com/2009/05/what-is-a-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-9 goldenskye Tue, 05 May 2009 13:45:23 +0000 http://www.hallicious.com/?p=42#comment-9 "at what point in time is it socially acceptable for me to request supportive behavior from a new found friend?" -- Supportive behavior can come in many forms. Emotional / moral support during a difficult time may be requested, offered or simply 'happen' in a way that feels very natural despite a lack of physical proximity. It would be interesting to research this area of social media. Are there norms already in place or is the platform so new that we're still finding our way? BTW, written well. ;) “at what point in time is it socially acceptable for me to request supportive behavior from a new found friend?” — Supportive behavior can come in many forms. Emotional / moral support during a difficult time may be requested, offered or simply ‘happen’ in a way that feels very natural despite a lack of physical proximity.

It would be interesting to research this area of social media. Are there norms already in place or is the platform so new that we’re still finding our way?

BTW, written well. ;)

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