Comments on: This is no Social Media http://www.ayman-naaman.net/2008/10/17/this-is-no-social-media/ Social Media is Made of People! Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:44:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ayman http://www.ayman-naaman.net/2008/10/17/this-is-no-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-84 ayman Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:30:06 +0000 http://www.ayman-naaman.net/?p=112#comment-84 Maybe there was some visuals to note...nicely curated here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzfYOp34d8 Maybe there was some visuals to note…nicely curated here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzfYOp34d8

]]> By: ayman http://www.ayman-naaman.net/2008/10/17/this-is-no-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-79 ayman Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:10:27 +0000 http://www.ayman-naaman.net/?p=112#comment-79 What? Huh? I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention...too busy laughing at <a href="http://bit.ly/1KAELl" rel="nofollow">that photo</a>. What? Huh? I’m sorry I wasn’t paying attention…too busy laughing at that photo.

]]> By: naaman http://www.ayman-naaman.net/2008/10/17/this-is-no-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-78 naaman Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:35:30 +0000 http://www.ayman-naaman.net/?p=112#comment-78 Ahem. Wasn't anyone actually <i>listening</i>? You know, it used to be that we could listen without any visual entertainment. Ahem. Wasn’t anyone actually listening? You know, it used to be that we could listen without any visual entertainment.

]]> By: ayman http://www.ayman-naaman.net/2008/10/17/this-is-no-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-77 ayman Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:05:37 +0000 http://www.ayman-naaman.net/?p=112#comment-77 Naaman, it seems this election is a spectator sport. Parties flooded San Francisco bars and homes (everywhere from <a href="http://bit.ly/14AN4f" rel="nofollow">Kilowatt</a> to people running debate parties called "<a href="http://bit.ly/1ckHBQ" rel="nofollow">McCain vs That One</a>"). The added stimulus works like extra gravy on Thanksgiving. The representation of the sample is not important in the CNN live XY plots. It's the visualization. In this case, visually it is more compelling than the content. Really people walking around or sitting behind a podium provides little visual entertainment (with a <a href="http://bit.ly/1KAELl" rel="nofollow">few exceptions</a>). So your eyes are drawn away...and the rest is (will be) history. Naaman, it seems this election is a spectator sport. Parties flooded San Francisco bars and homes (everywhere from Kilowatt to people running debate parties called “McCain vs That One“). The added stimulus works like extra gravy on Thanksgiving.

The representation of the sample is not important in the CNN live XY plots. It’s the visualization. In this case, visually it is more compelling than the content. Really people walking around or sitting behind a podium provides little visual entertainment (with a few exceptions). So your eyes are drawn away…and the rest is (will be) history.

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