Comments on: Social Graph: You Might Need to Care About This

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:49:22 +0000

Am I Blue is a short story, it’s in an anthology with the same name, “Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence”. Edited by Marion Dane Bauer. It’s a pretty good collection of stories for young adults about coming out.

By: Severe

Severe — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:28:46 +0000

Ah’ve heard of, but nevah actually read tha “Am I Blue,” story. Who’s that by (n ah thought it was a short story, so what collection could you find it in, por favor)??

While ah agree that this is very interestin, especially fer scientific purposes, ah guess ah have a problem w. this bein called tha “SOCIAL Graph API.” Mostly b/c, while ah agree that online communication sites are social in nature, ah still think social implies person-ta-person, in person interaction. Chattin w. someone online is what ah call “friendly.” Someone who will hang out w. you and possibly look you in tha eye, is a “social” person. At least, thas how ah will (prolly always” see it.

Unless of kerse, API is some geek-speak ah don’t unnerstand, which implies that most, if nawt all, interaction be done w.o tha awkwardness of flesh.

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contentious.com - links for 2008-02-05 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:23:41 +0000

[...] Dopp Juice » Blog Archive » Social Graph: You Might Need to Care About This In the not-so-distant future, prepare yourself for: 1) An easier time sharing your “friends list” between social networking sites. 2) A harder time compartmentalizing and obscuring different parts of your life online.” (tags: social+media sharing privacy tools) [...]

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:06:12 +0000

Critical mass, baby. Imagine the world in 5 years…10 years. I can’t wait!

By: sarah

sarah — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:25:25 +0000

Hee! That’s an awesome story!

And I really do agree that it’s exciting that we’re moving toward all this transparency and authenticity. It’s going to freak people out because the norms that we just barely got comfortable with are going to keep changing… and that’s not easy to cope with when it’s having such huge impacts on culture…. but goddamn, it’s gonna be fun. :)

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:19:59 +0000

I’m so excited about this!
I think that as it becomes impossible to compartmentalizing things, then openness will become the cultural norm. Wheee.
There’s this fiction story called ‘Am I Blue?’ that’s about this gay/questioning teen who wakes up one morning and everyone who is gay is a shade of blue. Nobody can hide anymore. He realizes that he is not alone of course. His dad has just a tinge of blue. Various conservative preachers are deep blue. All hell breaks lose. But everyone has to talk about it. They can’t hide anymore. I love the concept.

Hey does this exist: something that will list on my blog all the comments I’ve made on other blogs? It would have to plug in to my browser or something. Hmmm.