Comments on: Did the open source community predict how social networking would work? http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2008/04/did-the-open-source-community-predict-how-social-networking-would-work/ Openlogic's Community Blog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:05:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dennis Kennedy’s Links of the Week - April 13, 2008 IP Down Under http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2008/04/did-the-open-source-community-predict-how-social-networking-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-106660 Dennis Kennedy’s Links of the Week - April 13, 2008 IP Down Under Sun, 18 May 2008 05:16:50 +0000 http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2008/04/did-the-open-source-community-predict-how-social-networking-would-work/#comment-106660 [...] Did the open source community predict how social networking would work? [...] [...] Did the open source community predict how social networking would work? [...]

]]> By: Jack Repenning http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2008/04/did-the-open-source-community-predict-how-social-networking-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-97870 Jack Repenning Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:01:32 +0000 http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2008/04/did-the-open-source-community-predict-how-social-networking-would-work/#comment-97870 I think social networks produce something: community. (And, frankly, I think a startling proportion of Open Source participants are after that same product, not primarily the tangible, overt one.) What is different, I think, is that open-source networkers are aware of their objective, and all the dynamics of the community lead them to contribute to the project, to consider how to contribute. Social networkers, on the other hand, may contribute without thought or awareness of the network dynamics. There are people who work earnestly to create community, even in the open source world (like, oh, say, you, Stormy!), and this is a very high-leverage form of contribution. I think I see some of them at work in social networks as well. But the social network's dependency on unconscious contribution to the goal is quite different from the open source dynamic. I think social networks produce something: community. (And, frankly, I think a startling proportion of Open Source participants are after that same product, not primarily the tangible, overt one.)

What is different, I think, is that open-source networkers are aware of their objective, and all the dynamics of the community lead them to contribute to the project, to consider how to contribute. Social networkers, on the other hand, may contribute without thought or awareness of the network dynamics.

There are people who work earnestly to create community, even in the open source world (like, oh, say, you, Stormy!), and this is a very high-leverage form of contribution. I think I see some of them at work in social networks as well. But the social network’s dependency on unconscious contribution to the goal is quite different from the open source dynamic.

]]> By: Amy Stephen http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2008/04/did-the-open-source-community-predict-how-social-networking-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-96647 Amy Stephen Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:06:23 +0000 http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2008/04/did-the-open-source-community-predict-how-social-networking-would-work/#comment-96647 Very interesting. But, of course, and no, this never dawned on me. Good thinking! Very interesting. But, of course, and no, this never dawned on me. Good thinking!

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