What is your favorite kind of online communnity?

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laura s's picture
Community-centric sites, like Drupal.org, etc.
38% (3 votes)
All open, like Twitter, Friendfeed, etc.
38% (3 votes)
Outwardly pointing elsewhere, like Digg, Delicious, etc.
0% (0 votes)
Hybrid - outwardly focused, but inward discussion, like Slashdot, etc.
25% (2 votes)
IRC and other real-time chat systems
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 8

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Favourite for?

Boris Mann's picture

All of the sites you mention have different uses and purposes. I like Delicious for ... delicious purposes.

Friendfeed is all open? I'm finding the private rooms feature SUPER valuable.

So, not clear on how you want me to vote :P

Your point is well taken,

laura s's picture

Your point is well taken, and I guess gets to the heart of my question, because what is community? What is social networking? And what is it that interests you the most?

I confess I think of Friendfeed as open because I find the discussion threads difficult to follow and keep up on. They are for the full-time bloggers, and not for those of us who try to pop in periodically. I have commented on Friendfeed discussions, and have no idea of anybody responded to me because by the time I get back the discussion is long gone.

I like Twitter because of the meta-Twitter ecosphere that has brought such amazing tools. A year ago, Twitter was a very different animal to me than it is today. Now, with Tweetdeck, the various search services, TwitScoop and cultural practices, I am looking to Twitter first to find out "what's happening" and get a pulse on the zeitgeist. On Tweetdeck I have a standing search for all tweets containing 'Drupal' for example, and that keeps me engaged in a Drupal-verse much bigger than what is active on Drupal.org or even the Planet.

So I was curious, and that's why the poll. How do you vote? However. And if you change it next week, I won't complain!


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