Social Hallucinations

World Map of Social Networks

Found at Oxyweb

social media, map, world

In the Search for Love

...in digital world. Very touching installation "I want you to want me" by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar. The piece was presented on a 56" high-resolution touch-screen, hanging vertically on the wall, and was installed at MoMA on February 14, 2008, Valentine's Day.

It chronicles the world's long-term relationship with romance, across all ages, genders, and sexualities, using real data collected from Internet dating sites every few hours.

art, MoMA, online dating, I want you to want me

Social Media Wars

Are you confused by invitations to communities, social networks streaming into your mailbox? Dreaming of getting some real life in real world stalked by MySpace, Friendster, and other friend generators.

How your life would be if social networks could talk...this is so funny!! I love this video.

facebook, social media, myspace, friendster, Untitled

Twitter Fragmentation

We get smaller, shift to micro software, ideas, communities, like this new program based on Twitter called Twistori. People write and follow Twitter-like updates focused on 6 emotions, states: love, hate, whish, believe, think, feel. Interesting reading that boosts attention and focus shortage by continuous interruptions on multiple platforms. Niches are being filled up. We share everything anywhere anytime. Life - streams are ubiquitous.



Tags: twistori, lifestreaming, twitter

Funbook

It is apparently what Facebook applications are for - having fun.

There are 911,343,980 installs across 24,459 apps on Facebook. Read more about most popular application on Adonomics.

Tags: facebook, applications

100% Green and Social Fitness

The new fitness centre was opened in Copenhagen - Hello Fitness. It is 100% green - the training takes place in nature. It sounds enough appealing to me! Sports should be exercised outdoors. There is nothing worse than smelly and dampy gym. The Hello Fitness combines the nature with the community. The idea is to create the feeling of support between participants extendend to online community. There is always someone you can exercise with, there is always someone to support you in your efforts. Fabulous idea and the it costs only ca. $20 monthly, which equals one pizza and DVD. The choice is yours :-)

You can also become fan of Hello Fitness on Facebook (it is in Danish only)

Successful Facebook Applications Drive Socializing

Shelly D. Farnham researched Facebook applications and what determines their success. It is very interesting what he found out - applications that become successful help its users to achieve social goals:

"In reviewing the dominant types of applications, it is clear that most of the applications are helping users achieve social goals such as improved communication, learning about the self relative to others, finding similar others, improving self-presentation, engaging in social play, and engaging in social exchanges via gifts and media. Despite its shifting demographics, Facebook is still very much a social arena in the private, personal domain, not the professional domain."




Read / buy the full report here,

Tags: facebook, applications, Shelly D. Farnham

We Think

'We Think' by Charles Leadbeater explores the potential and the power of the mass creativity. This neat video presents the main ideas from the book. I wait impatiently for my Amazon delivery.



Tags: we think, charles leadbeater

Via Only Dead Fish

The World Map of Social Networks

Le Monde published the map of the most popular social networks across the world. It shows clearly human preferences vary a lot from country to country. North Europe goes for Facebook while South Europe fell in love with MySpace. Can it be something in design? :-)




Hat tip to Amelia for this one.

Tags: social networks

Hypes Don't Last Forever - Facebook in Decline

The last week brought some big news "Facebook Falters In Europe" according to the latest traffic data (Nielsen)

- UK: 8.5 million unique users in Britain spent time on Facebook in January, down from 8.9 million in December
- France: 1.87 million unique users in January, down from 1.89 million in December
- Spain:  659.000 unique users in January, down from 682.000

According to comScore, Facebook levels off in USA and keeps on growing worldwide.

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Facebook Worldwide















We are talking about decline that is the consequence of the "friendly spam" deflouring Facebook and privacy issues. The European decline is also the sign for the stabilization of the hype that was created around Facebook. We are living in times where online and social services and brands take off primarily due to hypes created by easily influenced people influencing other easily influenced people and generate interest -> traffic. At some point it gets stabilized, people get bored, seek for something new, they want  the new hype, the new stimuli. 

"A lot of people who jumped onto Facebook over the past year and built up their friends and used applications are tiring of it," said Alex Burmaster from Nielsen "The aura has worn off a bit."

Via Techcrunch & Guardian

Tags: Facebook, social networks, social media, traffic