Comments on: “Social” can’t be solved by an algorithm http://brynnevans.com/blog/2010/01/14/social-cant-be-solved-by-an-algorithm/ musings and other goodies Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:43:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: brynn http://brynnevans.com/blog/2010/01/14/social-cant-be-solved-by-an-algorithm/comment-page-1/#comment-2204 brynn Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:11:58 +0000 http://brynnevans.com/blog/?p=1755#comment-2204 Sloane — you remind me that I should really cite those lazytweets! Going back to edit that now! Yes, reaching out to your network (via email or Twitter) is one way to get the ball rolling, but you can't necessarily dig deep on ideas by using only one strategy. (That can be true of pure web search as well.) Thanks for your comment! Sloane — you remind me that I should really cite those lazytweets! Going back to edit that now!

Yes, reaching out to your network (via email or Twitter) is one way to get the ball rolling, but you can’t necessarily dig deep on ideas by using only one strategy. (That can be true of pure web search as well.) Thanks for your comment!

]]> By: Sloane Berrent http://brynnevans.com/blog/2010/01/14/social-cant-be-solved-by-an-algorithm/comment-page-1/#comment-2203 Sloane Berrent Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:40:47 +0000 http://brynnevans.com/blog/?p=1755#comment-2203 Brynn - That's my lazytweet above about the healthcare industry! I can't tell you how much quick and easy and reliable information I get going out to my networks vs. researching online or sending email and waiting for someone to get back to me. Twitter alone can't educate us on a topic, but it can get the ball rolling. Excited to have found your blog through @tdavison. Will be reading more of your posts. Brynn – That’s my lazytweet above about the healthcare industry! I can’t tell you how much quick and easy and reliable information I get going out to my networks vs. researching online or sending email and waiting for someone to get back to me.

Twitter alone can’t educate us on a topic, but it can get the ball rolling.

Excited to have found your blog through @tdavison. Will be reading more of your posts.

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]]> By: brynn http://brynnevans.com/blog/2010/01/14/social-cant-be-solved-by-an-algorithm/comment-page-1/#comment-2200 brynn Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:12:43 +0000 http://brynnevans.com/blog/?p=1755#comment-2200 Thanks for the comment, Adina. I like you how list out those distinctions. And yes, those are good questions we have to figure out! A good place to start could be just thinking about the different results from the perspective of questioners vs. answerers. Sounds like an SxD Salon topic! Thanks for the comment, Adina. I like you how list out those distinctions.

And yes, those are good questions we have to figure out! A good place to start could be just thinking about the different results from the perspective of questioners vs. answerers. Sounds like an SxD Salon topic!

]]> By: alevin http://brynnevans.com/blog/2010/01/14/social-cant-be-solved-by-an-algorithm/comment-page-1/#comment-2199 alevin Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:08:29 +0000 http://brynnevans.com/blog/?p=1755#comment-2199 This post makes good distinctions: * between social search that queries existing content from one's social network * between social search that puts people directly in touch and recommends building useful bridges between them. I wonder how perceived intrusiveness plays into the relative success of different social search methods - and how feasible it is to assess the difference. I know that I strongly prefer non-interruptive Twitter questions than questions on LinkedIn, which feel subjectively more like spam, and questions on Aardvark, which feel interruptive. Others may have other preferences. Which techniques get better results from the perspective of questioners? Which do answerers prefer? Do preferences change over time (e.g. get more annoying or more useful with volume). This post makes good distinctions:
* between social search that queries existing content from one’s social network
* between social search that puts people directly in touch
and recommends building useful bridges between them.

I wonder how perceived intrusiveness plays into the relative success of different social search methods – and how feasible it is to assess the difference. I know that I strongly prefer non-interruptive Twitter questions than questions on LinkedIn, which feel subjectively more like spam, and questions on Aardvark, which feel interruptive. Others may have other preferences.

Which techniques get better results from the perspective of questioners? Which do answerers prefer? Do preferences change over time (e.g. get more annoying or more useful with volume).

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