JediMom Blog

Previously, I listed my Top 5 sticky factors for social networks. One social community which has the right blend is mixx. While mixx is fairly young, the community quickly won me over. Mixx has gained considerable traction in just 100 days. This is one social network that understands the importance of open communication with its [...]

Communities are a very human social experience. The core of any community — even an online community — is people, not technology. While the technology that allows for comments, votes, and RSS feeds can be the legs of the community, it can never be its heart. The heart of the community rests with its founders [...]

I’m a regular user of the microblogging platform Twitter. I’ve seen a number of newspapers use Twitter simply to announce breaking stories. While that’s a fine use of Twitter, this week I found my local paper embracing a true Web2.0 community approach. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has launched a HWY40 Twitter feed and has recruited [...]

This week, the parents of a teen from my area blamed MySpace for their 13-year-old daughter’s suicide. They are pushing to have local and state laws expanded to cover online harassment. The most disturbing piece of this story for me is that a parent — a mother — used social media to manipulate and bully a [...]

The majority of my friends with children have yet to dip a toe into a social network. At the same time, their children are adopting social networking at an astounding pace. You won’t see commercials for MySpace or FaceBook, but if you watch ten minutes of a kids’ network, you’ll see a stream of ads [...]