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IAS > My Day > Posts > In social networking, friend is a verb

8/13/2009

In social networking, friend is a verb
Who would have thought it...in just a few years time, the noun "friend" is now a verb.  Friending.  Looks funny if you look at it long enough.  And it is not the same as "fan" - for example, I am a fan of the social technologist Chris Brogan, but I'd have to be physically near him in order to fan him.  Yet, here I am fanning him - because I really like his blog post on how to manage friending.  
 
We can't expect everyone to enter the culture of social networking automatically: we need to be taught the etiquette just as a six-year-old needs to be reminded verbally how to shake hands properly with an adult.  The modelling his parents have already given him isn't always enough.  Here is Chris Brogan's post on the why and how-to on friending in social networks.
 
Posted at 7:22 AM by Hollingsworth, Randolph | Category: August 2009 | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (0)

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