Comments on: web 2.0 special | Guardian Unlimited http://michael.wilcox.net/2006/11/06/weekend-magazine-web-20-special-weekend-guardian-unlimited/ on (helping) to run a large(ish) website, and other bits of life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:08:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Michael http://michael.wilcox.net/2006/11/06/weekend-magazine-web-20-special-weekend-guardian-unlimited/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Michael Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:14:04 +0000 http://michael.wilcox.net/2006/11/06/weekend-magazine-web-20-special-weekend-guardian-unlimited/#comment-32 Ben - that's more or less the same experience for me too. And to be fair to the article I picked out a quote which isn't fully representative. One thing I've noticed is that I don't really use my facebook, studentbar, bebo, or myspace accounts in the way that others seem to. I set the accounts up, my friends do too and they join, but we actually do most of our 'friending' in real life. However, and here's the difference... there are obviously loads of people out there using those spaces in ways that don't come near to me. I wonder if it's the generational thing (M owns up to being closer to 40 than 30). Ben - that’s more or less the same experience for me too. And to be fair to the article I picked out a quote which isn’t fully representative.

One thing I’ve noticed is that I don’t really use my facebook, studentbar, bebo, or myspace accounts in the way that others seem to. I set the accounts up, my friends do too and they join, but we actually do most of our ‘friending’ in real life. However, and here’s the difference… there are obviously loads of people out there using those spaces in ways that don’t come near to me. I wonder if it’s the generational thing (M owns up to being closer to 40 than 30).

]]> By: Ben http://michael.wilcox.net/2006/11/06/weekend-magazine-web-20-special-weekend-guardian-unlimited/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Ben Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:14:50 +0000 http://michael.wilcox.net/2006/11/06/weekend-magazine-web-20-special-weekend-guardian-unlimited/#comment-30 I think most of the people I know online are friends from real life. It's a great additional way of communicating with my "real" friends or seeing what's going on in their lives when I'm not seeing them on a daily/weekly basis. Similarly, use of flickr, blogs and other personal publishing gives the opportunity to interact with friends in ways you otherwise wouldn't - I'd never consider sitting friends down to view photos I've taken (nor would I enjoy the reverse), but being able to see pictures my friends have posted on flickr is strangely addictive... That said, I've been in situations where people I originally knew exclusively online have become real-life friends (and in a past life, colleagues), so sometimes the line becomes a little blurry... I think most of the people I know online are friends from real life. It’s a great additional way of communicating with my “real” friends or seeing what’s going on in their lives when I’m not seeing them on a daily/weekly basis. Similarly, use of flickr, blogs and other personal publishing gives the opportunity to interact with friends in ways you otherwise wouldn’t - I’d never consider sitting friends down to view photos I’ve taken (nor would I enjoy the reverse), but being able to see pictures my friends have posted on flickr is strangely addictive…

That said, I’ve been in situations where people I originally knew exclusively online have become real-life friends (and in a past life, colleagues), so sometimes the line becomes a little blurry…

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