Comments on: Social Ramifications of New Communication Channels or How Not to Hook Up at the Airport

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:55:17 +0000

My coworker had this app on his phone to play with. In 2 months, he didn’t receive 1 message. For giggles, he set up his profile as a 16 year old girl. The whole thing is just scary. We were getting pictures that should not be sent… especially to a minor. We’ve now turned it into a game.

By: nixxi

nixxi — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:30:50 +0000

I’ve been using whoshere and have had the same response. I was hoping to meet people who live nearby and expand my friendship pool. I was open to the concept of meeting someone to date also because I’m single. But even that is twisted when you meet online. It’s a weird dynamic. People you meet on whoshere tend not to want to meet in real life. They are content chatting via the app. Oddly enough they prefer a often crashing app rather than sending a direct text…. this has been true even if we’ve exchanged mobile phone numbers. It’s disappointing that the interweb connection opportunity has been relegated to smarmy hookups and chats that never make it beyond the technology

By: cogito

cogito — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:21:55 +0000

Seems to me that the technological hurdle is out of the way on this one and the socially interesting is just hitting its stride. Maybe off color or off-putting, but that’s interesting in its own way. As a side note, why does the iPhone insist that the letters i t s in sequence are always a contraction? Is there different grammar in Cupertino?

By: Innisfree

Innisfree — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:24:28 +0000

I had a similar experience on usenet around 1994. Maybe you just have to ignore such behavior. One jerk you might correct but when the number gets too high I don’t have time to hassle with them.

By: Robert Rowe

Robert Rowe — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:02:15 +0000

I felt the same way when first trying out TwitterVision, then again when I got an invite to check out BrighKite (which I’m still using happily). I’m a guy, so obviously, I don’t get the same reactions that a woman might, but I still have hopes that these start to be useful.