A short introduction to the ideas discussed by the panel at BlogTalk 2010 in Galway based on my original blog post: http://blog.oshineye.com/2010/06/spectrum-of-networks.html on the differences between social and conversational networks.

1. The Spectrum of Networks
@adewale
buzz.google.com/adewale
@ade_oshineye
twitter.com/ade_oshineye
Monday, August 23, 2010

2. The Spectrum of Networks
Social Conversational
Monday, August 23, 2010

3. Social Networks
Follow people you know
Private/Intimate
Symmetric follow
Fixed context and restricted reuse
Most of the people
Monday, August 23, 2010

4. Conversational Networks
Follow strangers who interest you
Public/discursive
Asymmetric follow
Variable context and widespread reuse
Most of the creativity
Monday, August 23, 2010

5. The Spectrum of Networks
Social Conversational
Monday, August 23, 2010

6. Questions
How does this model change how we look at existing
services like LinkedIn?
What do we do about networks that want to move
across the spectrum?
Do these different kinds of networks generate different
kinds of graphs?
Do different kinds of graphs support different kinds of
behaviours?
Where on the spectrum do we put the people who
regularly comment on certain blogs?
Monday, August 23, 2010