Comments on: Who Will Be the Neanderthals In Our Digital Culture’s Social Evolution? http://qmusings.com/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/ Something to Think About Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:00:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MsQ http://qmusings.com/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 MsQ Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:57:24 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/#comment-2027 John: 100 million MySpace accounts? Yow! I got the impression that MySpace was very easy to use and if it has as many features as you listed, I can see why it's so popular. Stay tuned for tomorrow's post - I'm going to describe what I think will replace MySpace! John: 100 million MySpace accounts? Yow!

I got the impression that MySpace was very easy to use and if it has as many features as you listed, I can see why it’s so popular.

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post – I’m going to describe what I think will replace MySpace!

]]> By: John http://qmusings.com/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-2025 John Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:40:50 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/#comment-2025 While many people use MySpace as a blog/marketing-type tool, I would venture to say that most don't (I wouldn't dream of it, personally.) It's much more of a peer-to-peer system than blogs are. It's really the best way I've found to keep up with friends and family online. You chat back and forth, see what the others are up to or currently into, broadcast bulletins, get reminded of birthdays, etc. Probably its greatest strength (and coincidentally why its users are mocked incessantly) is that it appeals to people who aren't technology-savvy. Regardless of the fashionable disdain, I agree with you - it's the way of the future. With over 100 million accounts (yes, 100,000,000), all the other social networking sites combined can't hope to compare. -j While many people use MySpace as a blog/marketing-type tool, I would venture to say that most don’t (I wouldn’t dream of it, personally.)

It’s much more of a peer-to-peer system than blogs are. It’s really the best way I’ve found to keep up with friends and family online. You chat back and forth, see what the others are up to or currently into, broadcast bulletins, get reminded of birthdays, etc.

Probably its greatest strength (and coincidentally why its users are mocked incessantly) is that it appeals to people who aren’t technology-savvy.

Regardless of the fashionable disdain, I agree with you – it’s the way of the future. With over 100 million accounts (yes, 100,000,000), all the other social networking sites combined can’t hope to compare.
-j

]]> By: MsQ http://qmusings.com/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1934 MsQ Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:18:57 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/#comment-1934 <strong>HMTKSteve: </strong>I have always had this simmering desire to write and never quite brought it to boil (to keep the analogy) until recently. However, what gave me the incentive was the idea that I could make money from blogging. Making money wasn't the goal but it gave me at least the push to actually start writing. I have earned a few bucks so far via adsense (not enough for them to cut me a check yet) but I'm more amused that I'm earning anything at all! I can understand your feelings about feeling like a prostitute if someone pays you to write. Your feelings make perfect sense. When I get those adsense cents, it does feel like a reward - a validation that my writing was good enough to bring a reader to my site. My guess is that your thoughts about feeling used has to do with the type of writing and who is asking you to do it. For example, if some e-zine asked you to write some (I'm guessing since I don't play video games) article on 3 great games for girls around the age of 6, no push towards a particular product, you might be OK with that. It's your expertise and objectivity they want. I would love to get paid to write and have been thinking about finding out about freelance work. The writing I do here is very rewarding - I gain a great sense of fulfillment and satisfaction from it, but I think that taking on freelance work would expand and improve my writing skills. It's one thing to write for yourself, another to write within the guidelines of an eZine. Think about if I could get paid to write airport bathroom reviews! <strong>Gary and John:</strong> I'm addressing this to the both of you since you have differing views on MySpace. I just browsed around MySpace and can see that some people have what might be considered juvenile looking pages and friends that don't really look like friends but it doesn't seem all that much different from blogs. Personally, I have never used MySpace and don't know that much about it. From what little I've seen, I don't agree with Gary's assessment - I think that the people who are on MySpace all day long are the future but we won't be calling it MySpace. I have an idea about this that I hope to post in the near future and I touched on this in my comment to Jesse on BlogSpoke. HMTKSteve: I have always had this simmering desire to write and never quite brought it to boil (to keep the analogy) until recently. However, what gave me the incentive was the idea that I could make money from blogging. Making money wasn’t the goal but it gave me at least the push to actually start writing.

I have earned a few bucks so far via adsense (not enough for them to cut me a check yet) but I’m more amused that I’m earning anything at all!

I can understand your feelings about feeling like a prostitute if someone pays you to write. Your feelings make perfect sense.

When I get those adsense cents, it does feel like a reward – a validation that my writing was good enough to bring a reader to my site. My guess is that your thoughts about feeling used has to do with the type of writing and who is asking you to do it.

For example, if some e-zine asked you to write some (I’m guessing since I don’t play video games) article on 3 great games for girls around the age of 6, no push towards a particular product, you might be OK with that. It’s your expertise and objectivity they want.

I would love to get paid to write and have been thinking about finding out about freelance work. The writing I do here is very rewarding – I gain a great sense of fulfillment and satisfaction from it, but I think that taking on freelance work would expand and improve my writing skills. It’s one thing to write for yourself, another to write within the guidelines of an eZine.

Think about if I could get paid to write airport bathroom reviews!

Gary and John: I’m addressing this to the both of you since you have differing views on MySpace.

I just browsed around MySpace and can see that some people have what might be considered juvenile looking pages and friends that don’t really look like friends but it doesn’t seem all that much different from blogs.

Personally, I have never used MySpace and don’t know that much about it. From what little I’ve seen, I don’t agree with Gary’s assessment – I think that the people who are on MySpace all day long are the future but we won’t be calling it MySpace. I have an idea about this that I hope to post in the near future and I touched on this in my comment to Jesse on BlogSpoke.

]]> By: John http://qmusings.com/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 John Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:15:39 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/#comment-1920 I use MySpace. >:) If anyone knows of an easier way to keep up with family and friends spread all over the country, I'd like to know what it is. :) These are great thoughts, MsQ; I'll be thinking about them -j I use MySpace. >:) If anyone knows of an easier way to keep up with family and friends spread all over the country, I’d like to know what it is. :)

These are great thoughts, MsQ; I’ll be thinking about them
-j

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://qmusings.com/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1909 HMTKSteve Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:23:34 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/2007/03/30/who-will-be-the-neanderthals-in-our-digital-cultures-social-evolution/#comment-1909 I will not lie to you, I have seen my blog as a way to make some extra money. I no longer see itthat way. Part of the reason for my shift in attitude is that when I get paid to write about things I can't help feeling used. Even if it is something I am interested in, if the money changes hands BEFORE I write I feel like a prostitute. If money changes hands AFTER I write than I see it as a reward. Does that make any sense? I will not lie to you, I have seen my blog as a way to make some extra money. I no longer see itthat way.

Part of the reason for my shift in attitude is that when I get paid to write about things I can’t help feeling used. Even if it is something I am interested in, if the money changes hands BEFORE I write I feel like a prostitute. If money changes hands AFTER I write than I see it as a reward.

Does that make any sense?

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