Comments on: Taking Social Media into the Real World http://dannybrown.me/2008/10/21/taking-social-media-into-the-real-world/ Smart Marketing - Social Media - Building Brand Loyalty Through Community & Engagement Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: How the 12for12k Challenge Started http://dannybrown.me/2008/10/21/taking-social-media-into-the-real-world/#comment-9169 How the 12for12k Challenge Started Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:39:46 +0000 http://dannybrown.me/?p=615#comment-9169 [...] as possible, there was a key reason that turned me from being supportive to being active. This post originally appeared on my personal blog last October – I’ve reprinted it here to let you know that just one [...] [...] as possible, there was a key reason that turned me from being supportive to being active. This post originally appeared on my personal blog last October – I’ve reprinted it here to let you know that just one [...]

]]> By: Middle Zone Musings » What I Learned From 2008 - Danny Brown http://dannybrown.me/2008/10/21/taking-social-media-into-the-real-world/#comment-1713 Middle Zone Musings » What I Learned From 2008 - Danny Brown Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:02:24 +0000 http://dannybrown.me/?p=615#comment-1713 [...] October: Taking Social Media Into The Real World [...] [...] October: Taking Social Media Into The Real World [...]

]]> By: Danny http://dannybrown.me/2008/10/21/taking-social-media-into-the-real-world/#comment-149 Danny Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:55:59 +0000 http://dannybrown.me/?p=615#comment-149 Thanks Sue :) I agree that it's easier online to initiate conversations, friendships, etc - perhaps the anonymity of it makes it this way? Yet at the same time, perhaps we should be taking our online comfort offline and communicating just as easily? Maybe we need a crash course in the art of talking to one another? Thanks Sue :)

I agree that it’s easier online to initiate conversations, friendships, etc – perhaps the anonymity of it makes it this way? Yet at the same time, perhaps we should be taking our online comfort offline and communicating just as easily?

Maybe we need a crash course in the art of talking to one another?

]]> By: Sue http://dannybrown.me/2008/10/21/taking-social-media-into-the-real-world/#comment-148 Sue Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:26:14 +0000 http://dannybrown.me/?p=615#comment-148 1st of all, Happy Birthday!! Turning 40 isn't so bad :D In response to your blog I agree that most people seem to make friends easier online than in person. I find that most of the people I chat (IM) with are men; some married, some not. A couple of them told me they are bored with their marriage and/or feel they are taken for granted. If that's the case then they need to talk to their wives and work out their problems - right? I'm a sounding board for them - that's ok, I don't mind. However, I've always been happy in my marriage and have never taken my husband for granted. Now even more so - I wouldn't want him lurking around the Internet for female companionship. But I digress... I'm quite a social animal; I'll talk to just about anyone :P ... If I initiate a conversation, it's usually an observation and it's with another woman. It's not always a conversation or a comment. Sometimes it's just a smile and/or a nod; it's still communicating. I also communicate when no one listens and that only happens when I growl and bad drivers on the road from the confines of my own vehicle :P LoL!!! Express Yourself - and do it often :D 1st of all, Happy Birthday!! Turning 40 isn’t so bad :D In response to your blog I agree that most people seem to make friends easier online than in person. I find that most of the people I chat (IM) with are men; some married, some not. A couple of them told me they are bored with their marriage and/or feel they are taken for granted. If that’s the case then they need to talk to their wives and work out their problems – right? I’m a sounding board for them – that’s ok, I don’t mind. However, I’ve always been happy in my marriage and have never taken my husband for granted. Now even more so – I wouldn’t want him lurking around the Internet for female companionship. But I digress…

I’m quite a social animal; I’ll talk to just about anyone :P … If I initiate a conversation, it’s usually an observation and it’s with another woman. It’s not always a conversation or a comment. Sometimes it’s just a smile and/or a nod; it’s still communicating. I also communicate when no one listens and that only happens when I growl and bad drivers on the road from the confines of my own vehicle :P LoL!!! Express Yourself – and do it often :D

]]> By: Danny http://dannybrown.me/2008/10/21/taking-social-media-into-the-real-world/#comment-145 Danny Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:20:36 +0000 http://dannybrown.me/?p=615#comment-145 Hi George, That's the sad thing - I think the more we advance technologically, the more we retreat socially, unless it's online. I remember being a kid and always saying hello to people on the street, and vice versa. Now, you're thought of as a bit weird if you even make eye contact. C'est la vie and the price of advancement... Hi George,

That’s the sad thing – I think the more we advance technologically, the more we retreat socially, unless it’s online. I remember being a kid and always saying hello to people on the street, and vice versa.

Now, you’re thought of as a bit weird if you even make eye contact. C’est la vie and the price of advancement…

]]> By: George Cozma http://dannybrown.me/2008/10/21/taking-social-media-into-the-real-world/#comment-144 George Cozma Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:24:55 +0000 http://dannybrown.me/?p=615#comment-144 Happy birthday Danny! As for the issue you raise, teh interwebs beat real life anytime simply because it is much easier in this medium to find like minded people without the awkward restrictions of you know... distance and country borders. Perhaps humanity really is on a course of alienation from itself, but for every action there is a reaction. This situation can't last forever and the only thing that I'm certain of in this world is that change will come usually in the opposite direction that the people expect it to occur. Regards, George <abbr><em>George Cozma´s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GrayHatZone/~3/424590711/" rel="nofollow">The Paradoxical Beast - Introducing BitTorrent Marketing</a></abbr></em> Happy birthday Danny!

As for the issue you raise, teh interwebs beat real life anytime simply because it is much easier in this medium to find like minded people without the awkward restrictions of you know… distance and country borders.

Perhaps humanity really is on a course of alienation from itself, but for every action there is a reaction. This situation can’t last forever and the only thing that I’m certain of in this world is that change will come usually in the opposite direction that the people expect it to occur.

Regards, George

George Cozma´s last blog post..The Paradoxical Beast – Introducing BitTorrent Marketing

]]> By: Danny Brown http://dannybrown.me/2008/10/21/taking-social-media-into-the-real-world/#comment-14055 Danny Brown Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:22:32 +0000 http://dannybrown.me/?p=615#comment-14055 Have we really come so far as to only communicate via technology now? Has the art of real conversation died, or is it still there? Do we need the facade of technology to allow us to open up to people?<p class="ubervu_reaction_link">via <a href="http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/dannybrown.me%2F2008%2F10%2F21%2Ftaking-social-media-into-the-real-world%2F">uberVU</a></p> Have we really come so far as to only communicate via technology now? Has the art of real conversation died, or is it still there? Do we need the facade of technology to allow us to open up to people?

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]]> By: Danny Brown http://dannybrown.me/2008/10/21/taking-social-media-into-the-real-world/#comment-14054 Danny Brown Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:21:48 +0000 http://dannybrown.me/?p=615#comment-14054 Have we really come so far as to only communicate via technology now? Has the art of real conversation died, or is it still there? Do we need the facade of technology to allow us to open up to people?<p class="ubervu_reaction_link">via <a href="http://www.ubervu.com/conversations/dannybrown.me%2F2008%2F10%2F21%2Ftaking-social-media-into-the-real-world%2F">uberVU</a></p> Have we really come so far as to only communicate via technology now? Has the art of real conversation died, or is it still there? Do we need the facade of technology to allow us to open up to people?

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