An example of why social networks work…

by Tim on August 19, 2007

in Web 2.0

Relationships between people are funny things. Social networks often highlight exactly how funny. For instance, Forrester analyst Peter Kim put together a great Facebook introduction for marketers interested in using the social networking site, essentially illustrating the value of social networks by linking to various sources. I’ve read Peter Kim for a long time, but don’t check out his personal blog often. I found it by following a link from Patrick Schaber, who I found in turn via Matt McGee. Matt I found because we share the same tags on MyBlogLog, the blogging social network. I’m now more knowledgeable about a topic that interests me (Facebook) because of the work of someone I know (Kim) that I discovered through two people new to me (McGee and Schaber) because I share a common interest with one (McGee). That’s how social networks work. They uncover the things we didn’t know were right in front of us. Cool, eh?

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