This link has been bookmarked by 15 people . It was first bookmarked on 24 Jul 2008, by Vicki Davis.
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05 Aug 08
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01 Aug 08
Michel Bauwensthe term “community” is now so overly used and utterly misconstrued that it has become meaningless as a way of capturing the true essence of what it really is.
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27 Jul 08
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25 Jul 08
Jeff JohnsonThe unfortunate truth is that the term “community” is now so overly used and utterly misconstrued that it has become meaningless as a way of capturing the true essence of what it really is. It has now become a catch all phrase often used by social media strategists to describe an ideal that doesn’t exist. It’s become a presumptive description of customers or of end users in whatever form they come in, positioning them as already wanting to connect to a product line or a company. Many in social media end up contributing to this echo chamber, maintaining their standing in online discussions all the while causing damage to the concept as a whole.
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24 Jul 08
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Alan Levinethe term “community” is now so overly used and utterly misconstrued that it has become meaningless as a way of capturing the true essence of what it really is.
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Vicki DavisJonathan Trenn writes an article on the "fallacy of community" that many of the vendors at NECC should read. Edubloggers / educators/ educational groups of people emerge because we want to. We create a community when we need to and have the passionate desire for a common purpose. However, the word community and social network was so overused at NECC this year as to become a curse word.
Used by people told it was important but who may not understand it themselves. This is a great article and strikes a cord with me.
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