10 Sep
2006
10 Sep
'06
11:25 p.m.
Barry wrote:
One problem with almost all social software is that it makes two false assumptions: (a) It assumes that relationships are dichotomous: Friend/Non-Friend. (b) It assumes that friends all belong to the same group.
It also makes (at least) a third: (c) It assumes that relationships are symmetrical, though I'd wager more folks might identify Barry as a friend that Barry knows - or at least that plenty of folks consider him a friend whom he may not consider a friend, or even know. The asymetric nature of intimacy in most relationships is something that seems to have received relatively little attention in any literature, particularly talk about social software. -eg