[Air-l] maybe a silly question.. but

[Richard Berry]

A short, potentially uneducated answer. I've not used livejournal but 
would define YOUtube as more social media than it is networking. It is 
interesting that podcast aggregating sites like odeo and podshow use 
similar 'friend' dimensions but I go to them for content, rather than 
networking. My feeling is that this entourage approach to media will 
become more prevalent as media rolls out along the long tail and we 
explore it through the tastes of people who follow, like or are friends 
with the people who like, follow or are friends with.

I'm still working this one through as well so I'm throwing this 
part-baked notion into the pot to see if it vaguely helps an what 
everyone else makes of it

Rich

Richard Berry
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radhika gajjala wrote:
> why not ask, right?
>
> Is livejournal a "social networking system"? why or why not? What 
> about You tube?
>
> r
>   
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