http://www.communityguy.com/1612/the-importance-of-idle-chatter/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:26:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.communityguy.com/1612/the-importance-of-idle-chatter/comment-page-1/#comment-36143 Rusty Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:55:58 +0000 http://www.communityguy.com/1612/the-importance-of-idle-chatter/#comment-36143 As long as people trust it. There is wall talk and messages talk. Some of it is done for public image. Some of it is done for conversation. Pointless banter and interaction is important...but, if everyone can view everything at anytime--it doesn't mimic true communities. The challenge is to get find those "water cooler" and "neighbor's fence" spaces; not everyone likes to talk on billboards (even if only friends can see it). They like to talk in small circles. As long as people trust it. There is wall talk and messages talk. Some of it is done for public image. Some of it is done for conversation. Pointless banter and interaction is important…but, if everyone can view everything at anytime–it doesn’t mimic true communities. The challenge is to get find those “water cooler” and “neighbor’s fence” spaces; not everyone likes to talk on billboards (even if only friends can see it). They like to talk in small circles.

]]> http://www.communityguy.com/1612/the-importance-of-idle-chatter/comment-page-1/#comment-36142 Tim Jahn Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:28:21 +0000 http://www.communityguy.com/1612/the-importance-of-idle-chatter/#comment-36142 Agreed for sure....I think pointless banter is what keeps Facebook alive most of the time. People just shoot the breeze on each others walls. Before you know it, community is born. Agreed for sure….I think pointless banter is what keeps Facebook alive most of the time. People just shoot the breeze on each others walls. Before you know it, community is born.

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