Stories tagged "interaction"

Offline, I have a network of under 50 people that I interact on a regular basis as friends. But online, the concept of "friend" is completely different. On Facebook I have nearer to 250 friends, on Twitter I have just over 300 followers.

Are your off line social circles defined differently than your online social circles and do the two overlap?

How we as users of the community deal with others can speak volumes about not only ourselves, but about the community as a whole.

Active participants in social media have different reasons for interaction. Some enjoy the friendly banter exchanged with fellow users, while others are attempting to increase the traffic on their own sites.

From an advertising standpoint, social media is not a cure-all that will fix the current sorry state that online advertising is. I don’t think will ever be as such. Sure social media is bright and shiny and many people are using it.

Reem Abeidoh (Nomadelle) asks which friends on your IM list are Jedi, iBestFriend, buddy, e-quaintance or link lover?

This article is aimed at new people to Mixx who are considering jumping into the Mixx, or have only just signed up. Feel free to share this with any new Mixxers you come across, or anyone you'd like to see join us here at Mixx.

Sure, touchscreen phones look great, but when it comes to typing on the touchscreen most of the phones are lacking. Without having the feedback that a keypad provides, users often have to type slowly and frequently make errors.

I had an interesting discussion with Robert Seidman on FriendFeed about whether bloggers need to actually interact with their readers. Here are two comments Robert made on the subject:

The folks at Studio Roosegaarde have designed an interesting contraption called Liquid Space 2.1. The sculpture is an interactive artwork that changes its appearance in response to humans.