Largest yes. First no. My thoughts (less grammatical perfection are included in a comment on your blog). LOL I never thought I'd be vouching for the credibility of BBS'
- Jim Goldstein
E-mail was invented in the 1960s. The first BBS came out in the 1970s.
- Victor Ganata
I don't see e-mail as a social network. I see a social network as having a friends of friends feature. E-mail is a communication channel.
- Matt Soreco
Forwarded e-mails can be very crude social networks and they can even have FOAF information if the sender doesn't know how to use the BCC field. A lot of people who are new to social media seem to actually often use this analogy when trying to describe it.
- Victor Ganata
I'm with Matt. It strains the definition of social networks to include email as one. Is SMS a social network, too, then?
- Kevin Pedraja
@Victor the question is not when it was invented, but when it was used "widely". Of course "widely used" is relative.
- Jim Goldstein
_computer-mediated_ social network... right?
- Andrew C
@Jim, yeah, that's true, I guess it depends on what you mean by widely used. While the hey day of the BBS was probably in the '80's, and e-mail didn't really become mainstream until the '90's, I don't think BBSes ever became as popular as e-mail did and continues to be.
- Victor Ganata
Kevin, I definitely agree it's a stretch. Then we'd have to include computer-mediated address books in the discussion. But I think it's kind of funny how some people use the forwarded e-mail as a disparaging analogy for social media.
- Victor Ganata
Smoke signals were social media too if you REALLY think about it.
- Matt Soreco
I didn't say I wanted to get laid, Mo. I'm going on five months without "woo hoo," I think I can make it through five more. Anywhere beyond that, and I might actually spontaneously combust.
- l0ckergn0me
Yeah, well... if nothing else, I'm gonna be making a whole buncha new female friends. :) Might even have to dutch so they don't feel pressured to "make dessert." If ya know what I mean. *wink wink, nudge nudge*
- l0ckergn0me
Mona, mine is "juanita bin Driver" (daughter of Alice of http://aliceandkev.wordpress.com) and she is not free, but her daughter SImone is, lockergnome. She's athletic and likes the outdoors, has a good sense of humor..
- anna
Uh, sub guys for women and send the results my way. *lonely* -->
- Derrick
No, but I'll dress up in a wig and skirt to talk tech with you...Belch
- Bret Rowe
Coscto hot dog dates don't sound that romantic dude.
- Jeremiah Owyang
first, i think you lie when you say you aren't looking to get laid. we all want to get laid. Now, I will agree that Costco hot dogs and churros rock the mudderfugging house, and they SHOULD be enough to get the panties off even the best looking honey, but they ain't. So unless you are looking like George Clooney or rich like Bill Gates, I'd hold off buying the mega pack of Trojans for now. but you never know....you might run into a girl that has low self esteem and a bad relationship with her father....
- Morgan Haley
If the lady is the right lady, she will love meeting Chris for hot dogs at CostCo.
- Louis Gray
Yes, neon. Hurts like none other, and I would like to remove it ASAFP.
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, I think Hawk wants to shoot your neon heart.
- Anika Malone
Dude, don't overpay for the hot dog. I know girls that are more than happy with a pair of Jack in the crack 99 cent tacos *nudge nudge wink wink*
- Mark Krynsky
Okay, 99c tacos are also workable in this scenario. But Costco has a waaaaaaaay better atmosphere. Have you seen the onion slicer contraption? FTW!
- l0ckergn0me