Comments on: Twitter Lists: Categorize your friends and contacts in public…! http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/2009/10/30/twitter-lists-categorize-your-friends-and-contacts-in-public/ Part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:49:57 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Weekly Round-Up: Friday 13th November « Researching Usability http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/2009/10/30/twitter-lists-categorize-your-friends-and-contacts-in-public/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Weekly Round-Up: Friday 13th November « Researching Usability Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:44:05 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/?p=152#comment-61 [...] in a list you don’t agree with there is little you can do about it, something which has been touched upon by others in the past. Additionally, if someone visits the group stream, there could be a large proportion of [...] [...] in a list you don’t agree with there is little you can do about it, something which has been touched upon by others in the past. Additionally, if someone visits the group stream, there could be a large proportion of [...]

]]> By: Nicola's E-learning and Digital Cultures Blog » Week 6 Summary – Brevity is the Soul of Wit http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/2009/10/30/twitter-lists-categorize-your-friends-and-contacts-in-public/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Nicola's E-learning and Digital Cultures Blog » Week 6 Summary – Brevity is the Soul of Wit Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:12:16 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/?p=152#comment-47 [...] should be private. Twitter lists came out this week – a few of my links refer to this but I’ve already blogged them so I won’t dwell on it here.  I’ve tweeted a few times this week about feeling fluey [...] [...] should be private. Twitter lists came out this week – a few of my links refer to this but I’ve already blogged them so I won’t dwell on it here.  I’ve tweeted a few times this week about feeling fluey [...]

]]> By: Nicola Osborne http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/2009/10/30/twitter-lists-categorize-your-friends-and-contacts-in-public/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Nicola Osborne Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:16:45 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/?p=152#comment-46 I'll be quite honest and confess that I could do with reading some Kiekegaard :-$ I really love the quote though as it has great resonance for me. Having worked in the library sector for a few years I have great sympathy for the value and limitations of labeling and metadata. I remember hearing a few years ago about the radical effect of data storage on metadata: you no longer, in theory, have to choose between hand selecting the labels for an item because you can now search the full text of digital items. In some ways that is empowering - you are no longer bound by one individual's assessment of the label for a book or journal they have not read in full - but at the same time full text searching can add a lot of irrelevant material into the mix reducing find-ability. Labels seem to be an unavoidable burden in many spaces but I think the reason they can be so offensive when applied to personal relationship is because it gives the sense that you are one of many many insignificant people that cannot be tracked through personal memory and experience alone. Most of us would not object to being in an address book but being in public online lists seems somehow profoundly more presumptious. I’ll be quite honest and confess that I could do with reading some Kiekegaard :-$ I really love the quote though as it has great resonance for me.

Having worked in the library sector for a few years I have great sympathy for the value and limitations of labeling and metadata. I remember hearing a few years ago about the radical effect of data storage on metadata: you no longer, in theory, have to choose between hand selecting the labels for an item because you can now search the full text of digital items. In some ways that is empowering – you are no longer bound by one individual’s assessment of the label for a book or journal they have not read in full – but at the same time full text searching can add a lot of irrelevant material into the mix reducing find-ability.

Labels seem to be an unavoidable burden in many spaces but I think the reason they can be so offensive when applied to personal relationship is because it gives the sense that you are one of many many insignificant people that cannot be tracked through personal memory and experience alone. Most of us would not object to being in an address book but being in public online lists seems somehow profoundly more presumptious.

]]> By: Peter Harris http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/2009/10/30/twitter-lists-categorize-your-friends-and-contacts-in-public/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Peter Harris Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:55:18 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/?p=152#comment-45 As Kiekegaard says, "Once you label, me you negate me" As Kiekegaard says, “Once you label, me you negate me”

]]> By: Nicola Osborne http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/2009/10/30/twitter-lists-categorize-your-friends-and-contacts-in-public/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Nicola Osborne Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:51:50 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/?p=152#comment-44 Oh I love that. The girlfriend must be totally livid! Oh I love that. The girlfriend must be totally livid!

]]> By: marie http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/2009/10/30/twitter-lists-categorize-your-friends-and-contacts-in-public/comment-page-1/#comment-43 marie Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:44:59 +0000 http://digitalculture-ed.net/nicolao/?p=152#comment-43 True! I saw a tweet today from a friend laughing about how he and his girlfriend were both in a mutual friends 'local people' list but only he was in his 'cool people' list. :-) True! I saw a tweet today from a friend laughing about how he and his girlfriend were both in a mutual friends ‘local people’ list but only he was in his ‘cool people’ list. :-)

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