Latest in our continuing series...

[alias_sqbr]

You can tell how sick I and Cam are from the fact we enjoyed "Balls of Fury".

Anyway, via metafandom, the latest "thing I may only think is cool cos I'm sick": A Group is it's own worst enemy, about group interaction and how the same patterns repeat over and over in social software etc. Though I am amused at how the "History of Information" podcast I've been listening to has made me more sceptical when people make technologically deterministic arguments about "the new revolution in communication" :) (it's a bit of a bugbear of the lecturer's)

And now..some more Dr Who I think. I've been enjoying it mostly so far, and I just got to the point where he gets a lot cuter :)

Comments

[elaran.livejournal.com]

I was just reading that. Tis quite interesting.

[alias_sqbr]

Indeed.

[out-fox.livejournal.com]

I am of robust health atm and was just liking that too. Princessofgeeks take on it's application to fandom [in the metafandom links] was accurate too imho, not that I'm much of a follower of fandom drama.

I found it funny because it works for political groups too: the cycles of new factions emerging as a reaction against orthodoxies and charismatic leaders in groups that were previously anti-heirarchal radicals themselves. I don't know that you can get around it though, because organising takes energy and those social frissions probably motivate a lot more people to invest energy in network building than they repel the nerdy anti-drama types like me.

[alias_sqbr]

Mmm, I think it's applicable to lots of things. I'm really interesting in these repeated, overarching social patterns, it's kind of a pity most research seems to be into specific niches and doesn't draw on other disciplines or areas (I mean, having been an academic, I know why it ends up that way, but it's still a pity)

*thinks of current and ongoing drama in local sff fandom committees*