"the move to person centred discussion over subject centred"
Yes, this is a very useful way to think about online socialising - and t's interesting that LJ/DW sort of sit at the hinge of these two modes, or at least did for me. I started off adding people to my friends list who had interests in common, but overwhelmingly for the last few years I've been adding and interacting with people based on existing social connections.
Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random. Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.
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Date: 2011-08-05 03:10 am (UTC)Yes, this is a very useful way to think about online socialising - and t's interesting that LJ/DW sort of sit at the hinge of these two modes, or at least did for me. I started off adding people to my friends list who had interests in common, but overwhelmingly for the last few years I've been adding and interacting with people based on existing social connections.