Comments on: Holding: on, out, back http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/1109?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=holding-on-out-back Dave Ferguson's interests, ideas, notions, tangents Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:23:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/1109/comment-page-1#comment-11325 Dave Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:14:54 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/?p=1109#comment-11325 You say "thoughtless pithyness" as though it's a detriment, Wendy. Actually, I'm inclined to agree -- all this is a generalization, of course, but short/snappy/smart/snarky gets rewarded, sometimes deservedly so. And for someone who uses Facebook, I often find it annoying, counterintuitive, or both. It's the signal/noise thing in a network, and maybe the regression to the mean in this cases is around 10%, 20% (relative amount of "signal") -- because what's signal is contextual. Call it the <a href="http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/wcw-red-wheel.html" rel="nofollow">wheelbarrow</a> factor. You say “thoughtless pithyness” as though it’s a detriment, Wendy.

Actually, I’m inclined to agree — all this is a generalization, of course, but short/snappy/smart/snarky gets rewarded, sometimes deservedly so. And for someone who uses Facebook, I often find it annoying, counterintuitive, or both.

It’s the signal/noise thing in a network, and maybe the regression to the mean in this cases is around 10%, 20% (relative amount of “signal”) — because what’s signal is contextual. Call it the wheelbarrow factor.

]]> By: Wendy http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/1109/comment-page-1#comment-11324 Wendy Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:52:57 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/?p=1109#comment-11324 I prefer to have the edit time that longer-form communication (such as blogging, or comments) encourages. Plus, blogs seem more "permanent". Facebook status updates and Twitter seem to encourage (to me, at least) a thoughtless pithyness. And I'm still not entirely certain where my Facebook comments go - and who sees them. Especially with the new Facebook interface and feeds. I'm also not so sure I want to reveal all of my sick twisty thoughts with no editor. This despite Mark O's encoragement during DevLearn to "Show us how dark you REALLY are." It's safer for everyone if I don't. :' ) I prefer to have the edit time that longer-form communication (such as blogging, or comments) encourages. Plus, blogs seem more “permanent”.

Facebook status updates and Twitter seem to encourage (to me, at least) a thoughtless pithyness.

And I’m still not entirely certain where my Facebook comments go – and who sees them. Especially with the new Facebook interface and feeds.

I’m also not so sure I want to reveal all of my sick twisty thoughts with no editor. This despite Mark O’s encoragement during DevLearn to “Show us how dark you REALLY are.”

It’s safer for everyone if I don’t. :’ )

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