[mdlug] Google Wave invites

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 12:48 -0500, Wolfger wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Wolfger <wolfger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Adam Tauno Williams
> > <awilliam at opengroupware.us> wrote:
> >> Most of the social-networking hype, is just that: hype;  a passing fad.
> >> Yep, I'm a geek who works in IT, and I mean that.
> > Yeah... because nobody uses IRC or IM anymore...
> > Unless by "passing fad" you mean "continuously growing and expanding".

You can't see the distinction between technologies like IRC and IM and
sites like Facebook & MySapce?

> P.S.  You know LUG mailing lists are "social networking" too, right?

No I don't;  and I don't believe they are.  Any more than MSDN, the
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, or the BAR Association is "social
networking".  By technical definition, maybe they are all "social
networking", but in the real world a definition that can't distinguish
between MySpace and Facebook and the aforementioned groups [and kinds of
groups: professional organizations, action groups, user groups] is just
silly.

And, of course, I have to point out that I said: "Most of..." and not
"All of..."