tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794386793170803972.post1491184458466744117..comments2024-01-22T07:31:42.008-05:00Comments on Digital Body Language: Twitter, Chris Brogan, and Black SwansSteven Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06376596253100522418noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794386793170803972.post-22875598873635791002009-01-30T11:36:00.000-05:002009-01-30T11:36:00.000-05:00In this time and place we can electronically "sit"...In this time and place we can electronically "sit" at the feet of Kawasaki, Godin, etc so why wouldn't, shouldn't we? Everyone has something to say and we want to hear from someone who has imagination, insight, and charisma...which is why some of us simply talk to ourselves as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794386793170803972.post-68911304678818739512009-01-26T14:40:00.000-05:002009-01-26T14:40:00.000-05:00I'd say that the percentage of new followers per t...I'd say that the percentage of new followers per time decreases with the total number of followers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794386793170803972.post-31440678959048237862009-01-26T12:01:00.000-05:002009-01-26T12:01:00.000-05:00Interesting thinking - I'd love to comment, but I ...Interesting thinking - I'd love to comment, but I need to get smarter about the things you've mentioned here! The beauty of social media and its "conversation."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794386793170803972.post-56533666683202454362009-01-26T07:22:00.000-05:002009-01-26T07:22:00.000-05:00@KingBee that's a great question. I suppose that ...@KingBee that's a great question. I suppose that depends on whether Twitter is actually creating the narrative or just providing a link to it. In the extreme of that example, if you look at <A HREF="http://twitter.com/minilit" REL="nofollow">@minilit</A> summarizing great works of literature to 140 characters then yes, absolutely, the randomness comes out as the narrative gets compressed.<BR/><BR/>Great question though, you've got me thinking about that...Steven Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06376596253100522418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794386793170803972.post-76287610440680442682009-01-26T02:51:00.000-05:002009-01-26T02:51:00.000-05:00Great post. I’m also reading The Black Swan by Nas...Great post. I’m also reading The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and my head is swimming after learning about so many ways in which we’re surprised (in both good and bad ways) by unexpected random events. <BR/><BR/>In addition to the preferential attachment theory, his application of Kolmogorov complexity to narratives really caught my attention. Our love of creating order and reducing complicated and seemingly random bits of information into easily digestible chunks so that it sticks into our memories better increases the chances of us recalling it later. The problem, writes Taleb, is that “the more [we] summarize, the more order [we] put in, the less randomness. Hence the same condition that makes us simplify pushes us to think that the world is less random than it actually is.”<BR/><BR/>What's been running through my head is this: is Twitter, a simple and effective tool for reducing large chunks of information into 140 characters or less, guilty of helping to facilitate this false sense of order and simplification in the world?Kingbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581675918131514579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794386793170803972.post-74109737176162404882009-01-26T02:10:00.000-05:002009-01-26T02:10:00.000-05:00Good article; As a relative newby to twitter and a...Good article; As a relative newby to twitter and a follow of Chris [ and other's mass tweeters], I was sceptical about how relationship value could come, from those who have such a large group of followers. <BR/><BR/>Over time, my view on this has changed a little, as I have experienced real connections with a few well estabished tweeters. <BR/><BR/>If a common set of views, feelings or frame on the world exists this will cut through the noise. There is something of a buzz that comes from knowing this, perhaps even enough to feed the ego.<BR/><BR/>As you acquire more followers I can see how that would feed an ego trap. For now at least, I am not there, and only follow or seek to follow those with which I have a some level of commonality. Would this change if I was inundated by follow me requests ? Maybe time will tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794386793170803972.post-58374440231384368152009-01-26T00:02:00.000-05:002009-01-26T00:02:00.000-05:00I agree with your preferential attachment theory a...I agree with your preferential attachment theory as it applies to Twitter. For Guy and Chris (I'm a follower, so I can use first names ;) ), part of following them is about being part of the conversation that is so critical to the efficacy of social media. People who I know, follow and trust were communicating with them, and that created an awareness and an accessibility that I think is what this is all about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com