Face the groupies
One of the reasons people have flocked to social networking sites is the opportunity to join groups of like-minded individuals. It doesn’t matter which service you use, the ability to create or join groups will be present.Why is this?
Well, here is an unfounded opinion:- Groups provide an overarching identity in addition to the personal that locates the individual in a group of like-minded people. The consequence - a sense of belonging and participation that takes the social networking experience to a new level of community; which some now consider is missing from real communities. Most groups are open to anyone and many are pretty silly but regardless, there is a group out there just for you.If not, create one!
Facebook probably provides the best group related features and it seems that groups are taken a little more seriously here than say, Bebo (judging by the number of interesting and legitimate groups on Facebook). But hey, what exactly are Facebook officers?
Here are my Facebook groups:
Gluten Free Geeks of NZ United
Theory.org.uk and friends
BSNS 106/COMP 102 conversations*
Save Graham Henry’s Head
I’m sooper!
Haunted Love Lovette’s Club
Information Science @ The University of Otago*
Fibreculture
TechCrunch40
Web 3.0
Alumni and Friends of OUSA
Researchers Researching Researchers
New Media
Social Tools
AoIR 8.0 Vancouver
Web 2.0 (Entrepreneurs)
Institute for Distributed Creativity
Association of Internet Researchers
*I created these groups.
