Comments on: The e-riot http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/2009/04/the-e-riot/ of brand spaces. social changes. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: sonaljhuj http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/2009/04/the-e-riot/comment-page-1/#comment-198 sonaljhuj Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:21:34 +0000 http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/?p=146#comment-198 <a href="#comment-193" rel="nofollow">@Arslan Aziz</a> Hi Arslan. Thank you for the comment :) @Arslan Aziz Hi Arslan. Thank you for the comment :)

]]> By: Arslan Aziz http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/2009/04/the-e-riot/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Arslan Aziz Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:54:05 +0000 http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/?p=146#comment-197 The Reaction: Brilliant stuff here! :) The Response: I think early adopters of social media, who are really powerful now, have reached the peak of their influence. I think you're right that people will soon become wary of unquestioning acceptance of the pronouncements of e-socialites and begun to act more like they do in their real lives. Till that happens, I expect to see more of over-reactions, more of exaggerations and more hyper-sensitivity. So just sit back and enjoy the madness! :) The Reaction: Brilliant stuff here! :)

The Response: I think early adopters of social media, who are really powerful now, have reached the peak of their influence. I think you’re right that people will soon become wary of unquestioning acceptance of the pronouncements of e-socialites and begun to act more like they do in their real lives. Till that happens, I expect to see more of over-reactions, more of exaggerations and more hyper-sensitivity. So just sit back and enjoy the madness! :)

]]> By: sonaljhuj http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/2009/04/the-e-riot/comment-page-1/#comment-196 sonaljhuj Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:33:57 +0000 http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/?p=146#comment-196 <a href="#comment-191" rel="nofollow">@Sharninder</a> I see your point. By the way, I wouldn't trust a GuyKawasaki either. He ghost-twitters. I mean, sure i still follow him for access to cool links and info, but now I don't know if I'd ever 'follow' his thinking or allow it to influence me. @Sharninder I see your point. By the way, I wouldn’t trust a GuyKawasaki either. He ghost-twitters. I mean, sure i still follow him for access to cool links and info, but now I don’t know if I’d ever ‘follow’ his thinking or allow it to influence me.

]]> By: Sharninder http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/2009/04/the-e-riot/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Sharninder Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:29:17 +0000 http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/?p=146#comment-195 <a href="#comment-190" rel="nofollow">@sonaljhuj</a> Well, actually as social media becomes more and more, well, social, it is bound to become more like the real world, or like you say, less appealing. And people are going to treat everything they read with a pinch of salt. That is how things work in the real world and that is how it'll work in the virtual world. The difference is the social graph is much larger here but the fact that you can't trust everything remains. Would you trust, @HeMan more on twitter or @guykawasaki :-) HeMan probably can't start an e-riot without atleast some people questioning whereas guy kawasaki can do so with virtually no effort, or a little effort .. virtually :-) @sonaljhuj

Well, actually as social media becomes more and more, well, social, it is bound to become more like the real world, or like you say, less appealing. And people are going to treat everything they read with a pinch of salt. That is how things work in the real world and that is how it’ll work in the virtual world.

The difference is the social graph is much larger here but the fact that you can’t trust everything remains. Would you trust, @HeMan more on twitter or @guykawasaki :-) HeMan probably can’t start an e-riot without atleast some people questioning whereas guy kawasaki can do so with virtually no effort, or a little effort .. virtually :-)

]]> By: sonaljhuj http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/2009/04/the-e-riot/comment-page-1/#comment-194 sonaljhuj Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:22:47 +0000 http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/?p=146#comment-194 <a href="#comment-189" rel="nofollow">@Sharninder</a> Most junior bloggers will happily jump up and down in agreement with a senior blogger. it puts you in the same thought bubble, the same social media conversation, the same band... almost :) And questioning everything you read, just makes social media less appealing. After all, we switched from paid TOI movie reviews to twitter movie reviews for a reason. Because we trust social media more. But we forget that just like a TOI or a Coca Cola, a social media socialite might have an agenda too. @Sharninder
Most junior bloggers will happily jump up and down in agreement with a senior blogger. it puts you in the same thought bubble, the same social media conversation, the same band… almost :)
And questioning everything you read, just makes social media less appealing. After all, we switched from paid TOI movie reviews to twitter movie reviews for a reason. Because we trust social media more.
But we forget that just like a TOI or a Coca Cola, a social media socialite might have an agenda too.

]]> By: Sharninder http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/2009/04/the-e-riot/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Sharninder Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:55:12 +0000 http://blog.sonaljhuj.com/?p=146#comment-193 I guess it'll take the normal internet using, blog reading public some time to realise the power of social networks and blogs. The bloggers know it and that is why are stupid (or intelligent) enough to use their powers and start riots, or e-riots, as you call them with a simple play of words. After a while, though, what is going to happen is that people will learn to read through the words and understand that not everything on the Internet is true or fair. And yes, the fact that one can respond on an issue without reading and understanding is what sets the web apart. In my opinion, it makes it easier to separate the wheat from the chaff - but yes, you need to condition your mind to question everything you read on the net :-) I guess it’ll take the normal internet using, blog reading public some time to realise the power of social networks and blogs.

The bloggers know it and that is why are stupid (or intelligent) enough to use their powers and start riots, or e-riots, as you call them with a simple play of words.

After a while, though, what is going to happen is that people will learn to read through the words and understand that not everything on the Internet is true or fair.

And yes, the fact that one can respond on an issue without reading and understanding is what sets the web apart. In my opinion, it makes it easier to separate the wheat from the chaff – but yes, you need to condition your mind to question everything you read on the net :-)

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