The social side of social media

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turkeyboy808 Should I read it out loud til you fall asleep?

@M thank you!

nonstopmari or no sleep!

Melissa808 nonstopmari Do I hear Vodka and No Sleep?

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jlieu You never met@Kepp before??? Aiyah!

johngarcia NEENZ Andreas ditto

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turkfontaine johngarcia NEENZ Andreas Melissa808

Great blog Andreas. Really concise and true.

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Let me talk a little about history and the technological evolvement that brings us to present day. Without going into too much detail, I would hazard a guess that a majority of your readers might not understand the old "IRC" or probably much less "Usenet". Basically you are just a faceless name typing on a keyboard. You ask a question and you wait for your answer (which at times would be days away).

Email wasn't that widely available too and I believe that you were one of the lucky ones if you had an email address from your place of employment. I can't remember if AOL was sending out those diskette at the time or not. Mind you now, this is when the web was still in it's infancy and http was not an accepted platform yet.

<stepping onto the podium and I promise there's a tie in to Social Networks at the end.>

Dwelling only on Usenet, I regarded it as four distinct subject matters (although there are many more). ALT. (where everything else went that didn't fit into other catagories), ALT.BINARY. (the pics and porn area), COMP. and SCI. (the technical side), and SOC. (the social side).

Moving the time line along a few years, there is a category named SOC.CULTURE.HAWAII of which hawaii (Ryan O.) and myself would post stuff. Others were there and would also post tidbits, items of interest, etc. Then unfortunately one of the posters touched another poster's nerve and things got nasty.

Thus was born ALT.CULTURE.HAWAII, a member's only group. One day hawaii posts about a get together. We set a date, time, and location. Thus was born the first social get together at Kapiolani Park about 10 to 15 years ago. We've got together a few more times and everybody soon went their different ways but I still see some of the original members tweeting away or on Face Book.

<stepping off podium. See, there was a tie in to Social Networking>

That was then, this is now. Took us a few months to plan everything. Emails and ACH posts were flying everywhere back then.

Today, with current technology you can just sent one tweet out and say "meet here now" and people show up. With a Twitvite you can organize an even well in advance and get your headcount at the same time.

There's nothing that beats a face to face meet. thedailydish,@dseohonolulu, and Melissa808 have already mentioned it many times in their NSHNL posts. Association of faces and names definitely beats a faceless name any day.

TTFN.

harrycovair turkfontaine johngarcia NEENZ Melissa808 hawaii thedailydish@dseohonolulu Thank so much, everyone, for the mention of my blog! I think it is important to be aware of the technological history that preceded all of today's social media goodness. Thanks for the lowdown, harrycovair.

I'm amazed to think that some of the people with whom I feel like I have a real and great connection with now are people I never would have met if it weren't for social media. To me, that's part of the definition of making the world a better place.

harrycovair turkfontaine johngarcia NEENZ Melissa808 hawaii thedailydish@dseohonolulu Shucks, where did my comment go? OK, I'll try to re-do.

Thanks, johngarcia and others, for the kind mention of my blog post. I do think it's important to be aware of the history that preceded all the social media goodness we have today, so thanks also to harrycovair for the summary of Usenet and how it evolved.

I'm amazed to think that I now feel like I have a real and great connection to people who I may never have met if it weren't for social media. To me, that's part of the definition of making the world a better place.

Andreas turkfontaine johngarcia NEENZ Melissa808 hawaii thedailydish@dseohonolulu

Meeting and greeting AND fuud, that's human nature. Whether we bring over a dish to the new family moving into the neighborhood, sharing a package full of Musubi's with the stranger sitting next to you on a plane, or when in a restaurant and looking at another person's serving and asking "What is that?" before changing your order for the umpteeth time, food is and will always be a common point. <Guilty of the latter many times.>

NEENZ we couldn't have made 1 million without support (and hugs) from people like you! Thank you so much for everything!!

ps makeup by Sephora Pearlridge! Thanks!!!!

Melissa808 NEENZ That was some party, huh? The only negative thing about last night's launch (imho): there wasn't enough time to say hi to or meet everyone! I'm thankful I had the chance to touch bases with the two of you, though :)

Melissa808 NEENZ if it were not for Social Media, we might not have ever met!

MikeSumida Melissa808 After looking at all of the photos, I realized I missed seeing dozens of people! Well, we just need to have another party :)

edmorita Melissa808 somehow, I think our paths would eventually cross I mean think about it Ed, you're a pastry chef, Melissa is a foodie, and I'm a consumer :)