That and I’ve no idea who Miss Cleo is so I’m double-intrigued!

I’m so glad you’re using the example of Harjot finding his long lost pal Rahul through your Ning site, it’s a really neat personal connection for them. It’s so interesting that old friends are finding each other online.

An interesting juxtaposition, in my mind, is that many of us are having to redefine “friend” on these social sites. My guess is that tech writers who are constantly striving for accuracy in terminology are having a tough time with the term “friend” – and that’s why we don’t always know what to on Ning when they get there. Their terminology doesn’t match what they’re used to doing with their friends.

Hardly any of my real life friends are on twitter, have a blog, or do any of these online networking things I do. But, my list of online “friends” (really, professional contacts) grows, and it all helps me become better at my job.

Great podcast, right in line with my current interests in conversation and community. Thanks to you both!

I just listened to this podcast and man, it was really good.

You asked Scott which tools are best to use for creating a social network, and his response was the tools don’t matter.

While I agree the tools shouldn’t matter, in the end they really do. For example; why did he pick Ning.com to create his Content Wrangler network? There had to be some conscious decision.

No matter what type of network you want to create, or blog to write, the tools do play some factor.

Scott also mentions wanting to give the members a bigger voice, which blogs don’t always give. For the most part blogs are linear in nature. You post information and then spend the time leaving comments. Most blog posts are not living breathing entities.

Anyway, this was one of the best podcasts I’ve listened too in a long time. Great work and good job Scott.

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