A more complex question are these sites social navigation systems or do they have that potential? Are these better than the simple "recommend a book" or "what others have bought" systems like at Amazon.com If a music group can become a hit on myspace does this mean social navigation was how they did it? Are the engineers at myspace reading the same research I am reading on social navigation? which is Munro, Alan J. & Höök, Kristina. & Benyon, David. eds. Social Navigation of Information Space (London, UK: Springer, 1999) Peter On 27-Aug-06, at 5:09 PM, radhika gajjala wrote:
why not ask, right?
Is livejournal a "social networking system"? why or why not? What about You tube?
r -- Radhika Gajjala
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