Clark Quinn

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Social Networks

Clark Quinn

I have been part of Ning groups before, but find it overwhelming, very quickly because there seems to be multiple inputs for information. Even as an organizer, when I get into the Ning group, I feel overwhelmed. I don't know about ning or even facebook. Social networks have a tendency to be a bit messy.

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Reflections on Twitter and social networking

Clark Quinn

That’s cool, as it provides more ways for interaction. And Ning’s quite interesting too. However, they’re beginning to turn into one big Ning mass that I have trouble differentiating. However, they’re beginning to turn into one big Ning mass that I have trouble differentiating.Â

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Forums vs. Social Networks?

Clark Quinn

Social Network Examples are Ning and KickApps. It's providing the necessary direction and hand holding. So, I'm trying to figure out what's going to be the right software / service to adopt, but I'm also trying to think about the differences in: Forum / Threaded Discussion / Group Examples are Google Groups and Yahoo Groups.

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Learnscaping on tap

Clark Quinn

We’re providing the services, of course. Ning’s an example, but we needed more flexibility and control. To do so, you need an environment and support to develop competency. We wanted to address both. You’ve got to be trying it out, to get it, but you don’t want a monolithic solution at the beginning.

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Real Community?

Clark Quinn

LinkedIn and Ning networks that I’ve participated in professionally are just that, professional. His claim about schools is that they’re dehumanizing (deliberately). Blogs tend to be more formal (tends, mind you), while Twitter and Facebook cross the boundary into informal. And maybe then not worthy of being called communities?

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