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"Because the term 'networking' emphasizes relationship initiation, often with strangers, it can and has been expanded to refer to any site that allows people to communicate with people that they do not know, including dating sites, chatrooms, community sites, and bulletin boards.
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our failure to define our terms makes it damn near impossible to have a functional conversation about the actual issues
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We know that there's confusion and we strongly believe that without a definition, we cannot actually have a meaningful conversation about actual substance. The ongoing use of "social networking" has been damaging to any productive conversation, both in the academy and in startup circles (who all want to be the next "social networking" app, even if there are no "Friends" involved).
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Britt WatwoodMore good stuff from danah - apophenia: let's define our terms:
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