The Real Life Social Network
From Cyborg Anthropology
Notes on The Real Life Social Network by Paul Adams, Senior User Experience Researcher at Google.
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How Influence Happens [1]
This is how influence happens. We need to design things to support these interactions.
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My decisions are being made over here [2]
Social networks don't necessarily create more connections, they just make our existing connections more visible.
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Maintain people's privacy [3]
Maintaining people's privacy should be your top priority.
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Online social networks don't match the ones in real life [4]
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Multiple online networks [5]