Comments on: Identity, Participation and Social Learning Implications http://www.aaronsilvers.com/2009/09/identity-participation-and-social-learning-implications/ Learning Nerd. Husband. Dad. Rocker. Cobbler. Coder. Strategist. Visionary. Hugger. Dude. Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:25:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Aaron http://www.aaronsilvers.com/2009/09/identity-participation-and-social-learning-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 Aaron Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:04:15 +0000 http://www.aaronsilvers.com/?p=1354#comment-1725 I can tell you why *I* do it. One, I have a lot of ideas and sometimes I like to assert them in the easiest way possible, which is for me to throw them out there. Radio Gen1us works to some degree. Other things not so much. I learn from the failures, and this post (hopefuly) reflects that maybe there's a lot to learn from even meager attempts. What I learn then I apply in work, in writings and ultimately in my larger work. I want all of my efforts to succeed, but ultimately it's now clear that only the efforts in which I fully invest myself have any chance of real success. I'm taking it into BAQON, which needs to go forward and succeed. The idea is bigger than me and the friends I have volunteering their considerable time to make happen. As a project, I know that I'll eventually need to make choices of activities to do and not do to see it through. So there's a personal lesson there for the level of commitment necessary to see projects through, even if you intend to make them public and open. As a concept in and of itself, there's another, bigger lesson that applies to BAQON and all of social media. As a population, we're going to need to figure out how to deal with identity and different levels of tacit information, much of which we might share if we could abstract it from information we really can't share for a wide range of security issues. That conversation needs many more people engaged. There are people who really know a lot about identity (<a href="http://www.identitywoman.net/" rel="nofollow">Kaliya Hamlin</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/identitywoman" rel="nofollow">@identitywoman</a>, for sure). People who are into social networking for any reason need to get smart about this (and that includes yours truly). I can tell you why *I* do it. One, I have a lot of ideas and sometimes I like to assert them in the easiest way possible, which is for me to throw them out there. Radio Gen1us works to some degree. Other things not so much. I learn from the failures, and this post (hopefuly) reflects that maybe there’s a lot to learn from even meager attempts. What I learn then I apply in work, in writings and ultimately in my larger work. I want all of my efforts to succeed, but ultimately it’s now clear that only the efforts in which I fully invest myself have any chance of real success.

I’m taking it into BAQON, which needs to go forward and succeed. The idea is bigger than me and the friends I have volunteering their considerable time to make happen. As a project, I know that I’ll eventually need to make choices of activities to do and not do to see it through. So there’s a personal lesson there for the level of commitment necessary to see projects through, even if you intend to make them public and open.

As a concept in and of itself, there’s another, bigger lesson that applies to BAQON and all of social media. As a population, we’re going to need to figure out how to deal with identity and different levels of tacit information, much of which we might share if we could abstract it from information we really can’t share for a wide range of security issues. That conversation needs many more people engaged. There are people who really know a lot about identity (Kaliya Hamlin, @identitywoman, for sure).

People who are into social networking for any reason need to get smart about this (and that includes yours truly).

]]> By: Fabian Vercuiel http://www.aaronsilvers.com/2009/09/identity-participation-and-social-learning-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-1724 Fabian Vercuiel Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:17:32 +0000 http://www.aaronsilvers.com/?p=1354#comment-1724 Good read, hmmm - especially since I've also built communities and blogs which eventually died off due to low maintenance or server failures - or just lack of purpose. Currently I am building another social network and the issue of privacy and your own identity are issues im very carefully thinking about. The most frustrating thing for me is trying to explain to a person why I am on this never-ending pursuit to create online spaces where people can share there thoughts and ideas Thanks for sharing your thoughts Good read, hmmm – especially since I’ve also built communities and blogs which eventually died off due to low maintenance or server failures – or just lack of purpose.

Currently I am building another social network and the issue of privacy and your own identity are issues im very carefully thinking about.

The most frustrating thing for me is trying to explain to a person why I am on this never-ending pursuit to create online spaces where people can share there thoughts and ideas

Thanks for sharing your thoughts

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