In the 17th and 18th centuries, there was a cultural phenomenon in France where people met in the salon (reception hall) of a noble's mansion to discuss intellectual matters; politics, philosophy, literature, and so on. Salons are often credited with the early rise of feminism and the transition away from court life towards the concept of a public sphere, public interest, and the interests of the people as a whole having meaning beyond the interests of the monarch.
The bringing a large quantity of smart creative people together has it's own unique virtue that cannot be matched by solitary work in the ivory tower.
Google+ has enabled me to build my own Salon.
I can fill the room with the thoughts of the talented, creative, and energetic people of the world. People directly interested in the RPG hobby, but also video gamers, board gamers, artists, writers, and designers of all sorts.
I can leave the navel-gazing morons behind.
This is.... good.
What does G-Fresh do that your blog doesn't?
ReplyDeleteDid you read my last post? ;)
ReplyDeleteSince I wrote that post, I actually had to turn off the e-mail notifications of people replying to my posts on Google+ because I was getting several dozen every hour. So lets say maybe a 10 fold increase in comments. That's pretty bad ass.
I have about 3 times as many people following me on there as on here, in just a few days. Another plus.
I have over 5,000 people following me on Twitter... but numbers aren't everything and can actually work against you at times. Don't get sucked into the numbers game with social media.
ReplyDeleteI'll read the prior post...
I may have to follow this Google+ thing. The masses need to know what to think about the products I review.
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Perfect analogy, and probably the most succinct explanation of how Google+ really differs from Facebook, Twitter, et al. Most social media interaction is wholly binary: off or on, friend or unfriend, follow or block. Circles seem like such an obvious leap forward that it's strange the concept wasn't there from the beginning.
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