Comments on: The Aging Brain Meets The Future of Social Networking http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:57:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jan Laibe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-5553 Jan Laibe Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:52:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/#comment-5553 You might want to check out ResearchCrossroads (http://www.researchcrossroads.org) where they've downloaded publicly funded research and pro-actively created researcher profiles. Kind of a MySpace for research, but geared to researchers without all the MySpace/Facebook clutter. You might want to check out ResearchCrossroads (http://www.researchcrossroads.org) where they’ve downloaded publicly funded research and pro-actively created researcher profiles. Kind of a MySpace for research, but geared to researchers without all the MySpace/Facebook clutter.

]]> By: David Bradley http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-5552 David Bradley Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:50:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/#comment-5552 MySpace and Facebook are both interesting experiments from a social science perspective. I wonder if most users would agree that MySpace is more about teenage bravado and finding out about music and celebs, while Facebook is kind of a fun version of LinkedIn? db MySpace and Facebook are both interesting experiments from a social science perspective. I wonder if most users would agree that MySpace is more about teenage bravado and finding out about music and celebs, while Facebook is kind of a fun version of LinkedIn?

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]]> By: luca http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-5551 luca Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:54:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/#comment-5551 Carl, as many others here, I have had trouble with MySpace - immediately after registration, in fact. The user support never helped - actually, never replied to my queries. Facebook, on the countrary, works like a charm. Carl, as many others here, I have had trouble with MySpace – immediately after registration, in fact. The user support never helped – actually, never replied to my queries.

Facebook, on the countrary, works like a charm.

]]> By: Cairnarvon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-5550 Cairnarvon Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:56:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/#comment-5550 Myspace is made of bugs and shitty coding. If you're unable to log in, odds are good it's a problem on Myspace's end, and there's nothing you can do about it. Myspace is made of bugs and shitty coding. If you’re unable to log in, odds are good it’s a problem on Myspace’s end, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

]]> By: jerith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-5549 jerith Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:44:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/#comment-5549 My brief experience with Myspace was all bad. Where Facebook has a well-designed interface, Myspace took me nearly an hour of clicking random links to change my password. Myspace seems to be mostly the hangout of angsty teens, while Facebook tends to attract real people as well. ;-) I'll take the occasional annoying advert over bandwidth-guzzling slideshows and music any day. Hmm, I had a real point when I started writing this comment, but it has managed to escape. Maybe I'll post again if it comes back. My brief experience with Myspace was all bad. Where Facebook has a well-designed interface, Myspace took me nearly an hour of clicking random links to change my password.

Myspace seems to be mostly the hangout of angsty teens, while Facebook tends to attract real people as well. ;-) I’ll take the occasional annoying advert over bandwidth-guzzling slideshows and music any day.

Hmm, I had a real point when I started writing this comment, but it has managed to escape. Maybe I’ll post again if it comes back.

]]> By: Michael fitzGerald http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-5548 Michael fitzGerald Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:15:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/09/27/the-aging-brain-meets-the-future-of-social-networking/#comment-5548 The aging brain IS the future of social networks. When we reach a critical mass of grown-ups social networks will become useful. Instead of juvenile twittering we can have virtual communities who know things and the social network provides easy delivery of this knowledge. My blog is a lonely campaign to point out the benefits of computing for adults and to poke fun at youngsters The aging brain IS the future of social networks.

When we reach a critical mass of grown-ups social networks will become useful.
Instead of juvenile twittering we can have virtual communities who know things and the social network provides easy delivery of this knowledge.
My blog is a lonely campaign to point out the benefits of computing for adults and to poke fun at youngsters

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