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The Web Should Be A Great Party Host
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The Dunbar number is the supposed cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable social relationships. Traditionally stated as "150" individuals, the Dunbar limit was never much of a problem. You'd only stay close to a few friends from high school, then only a few friends from college, a few colleagues from that previous job. But through the power of social media we are now hanging onto all of our previous relationships in some form, while also making completely new connections. We are socially overwhelmed on a daily basis!!

Just imagine for a moment, if there was a way for Facebook to just intuitively know that you only want to hear about certain types of information for certain people. Imagine a mobile application that could tell you as soon as you walk into the room with whom you would have the most interesting dinner conversation. How would that change the world of business development? Recruiting? Dating?

The world has turned into a great big networking opportunity, and in a time of social fatigue what we really need is a web that is a great party host. That technology is right around the corner...

Over the next week, I am going to be looking at how the next generation web will change the way you connect, discover, and share with the social online world. I'm also going to be looking at how this movement is going to make marketing more relevant and measurable.

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http://threeminds.organic.com/2008/10/the_web_should_be_a_great_part.html

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    • Marta Strickland Marta Strickland
      13 months ago


      The Dunbar number is the supposed cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable social relationships. But through the power of social media we are now hanging onto all of our previous relationships in some form, while also making completely new connections. We are socially overwhelmed on a daily basis!!

      The world has turned into a great big networking opportunity, and in a time of social fatigue what we really need is a web that is a great party host. That technology is right around the corner...
      Web 3.0 - Semantic Web, Semantics Think Tank, Social Networking Software and Services, Social Business - and the Future of Capitalism, Conversations, Learning and Change

    • Giorgio Bertini Giorgio Bertini
      13 months ago


      Thanks, Marta

      Very interesting to read about social networks and semantic web from a sociologist, like you.
      Conversations, Learning and Change
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