Comments on: The World is Not Flat and Neither is the Social Web http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-world-is-not-flat-and-neither-is-the-social-web/ Gaurav Mishra's Weblog on Marketing, Technology & Social Media Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:41:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: How to be Remarkable? Own an Ideasliver! | Gauravonomics Blog http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-world-is-not-flat-and-neither-is-the-social-web/#comment-7022 How to be Remarkable? Own an Ideasliver! | Gauravonomics Blog Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:10:17 +0000 http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-7022 [...] have one or two ideaslivers of my own. Social Media Outsourcing may be one. The idea that “the social web is not flat” may be [...]

[…] have one or two ideaslivers of my own. Social Media Outsourcing may be one. The idea that “the social web is not flat” may be […]

]]> By: Gaurav Mishra http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-world-is-not-flat-and-neither-is-the-social-web/#comment-6953 Gaurav Mishra Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:28:50 +0000 http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-6953 First, apologies to all for not replying earlier. @Chetan I read the two posts you have linked to. A-listers, the power law and the long tail are all interesting aspects of social media but my focus is quite different. In the <a href="http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/category/flat-or-not/" rel="nofollow">'Flat or Not'</a> series, I'll be basically looking at how internet in general, and social media in particular, is developing differently in different parts of the world. My post comparing the <a href="http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-social-web-is-not-flat-part-i-forrester-research-social-technographics-profiles/" rel="nofollow">social technographics profile</a> of USA/ Europe with Japan/ Metro China is perhaps a good example of what you can expect in this series. @Medea Yes, part of my endeavor in the series will be to study why social technologies can overcome some (cultural and economic) differences, but not others. @Amit Yes, part of the endevor in the series will be to study the bottlenecks which stop some countries from fully benefiting from the internet. First, apologies to all for not replying earlier.

@Chetan I read the two posts you have linked to. A-listers, the power law and the long tail are all interesting aspects of social media but my focus is quite different. In the ‘Flat or Not’ series, I’ll be basically looking at how internet in general, and social media in particular, is developing differently in different parts of the world. My post comparing the social technographics profile of USA/ Europe with Japan/ Metro China is perhaps a good example of what you can expect in this series.

@Medea Yes, part of my endeavor in the series will be to study why social technologies can overcome some (cultural and economic) differences, but not others.

@Amit Yes, part of the endevor in the series will be to study the bottlenecks which stop some countries from fully benefiting from the internet.

]]> By: The Social Web is Not Flat (Part I): Forrester Research Social Technographics Profiles | Gauravonomics Blog http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-world-is-not-flat-and-neither-is-the-social-web/#comment-6940 The Social Web is Not Flat (Part I): Forrester Research Social Technographics Profiles | Gauravonomics Blog Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:13:34 +0000 http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-6940 [...] In this post, however, I will focus on the geographical split and compare the social technographics profiles for USA/ Europe with Japan/ Metro China to kick off my series on how the social web is not flat. [...]

[…] In this post, however, I will focus on the geographical split and compare the social technographics profiles for USA/ Europe with Japan/ Metro China to kick off my series on how the social web is not flat. […]

]]> By: Rupesh http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-world-is-not-flat-and-neither-is-the-social-web/#comment-6885 Rupesh Wed, 14 May 2008 10:10:27 +0000 http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-6885 well, I commented on your previous post on social media outsourcing, but didn't get any follow up by any other visitor.. let, me know whether you agre/disagree or wat? well, I commented on your previous post on social media outsourcing, but didn’t get any follow up by any other visitor..
let, me know whether you agre/disagree or wat?

]]> By: Chetan Kunte http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-world-is-not-flat-and-neither-is-the-social-web/#comment-6884 Chetan Kunte Tue, 13 May 2008 18:52:04 +0000 http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-6884 Gaurav, those who of us in the thick of it know this fact (that it's not flat at all) so well that "The World is Flat" is but romanticizing a notion---particularly for an Indian (just because Mr Friedman has some nice stories about India; I like it in particular because my school buddy's gaming company <a href="http://ckunte.com/archives/team-dhruva" rel="nofollow">Dhruva</a> has a mention, but I digress). Best sellers don't necessarily mean they paint a true picture of the World---that's too big a canvas for gross generalizations. (Da Vinci Code is a similar tangent.) Try the energy industry for example, and the theory just flies out the window. IT industry in general may have had some lee-ways, but Internet and <a title="Power Laws, Weblogs and inequality" href="http://shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html" rel="nofollow">social</a> (monetizing) web, in particular, is hung on to the long-tail. So <a title="Deconstructing You've Got Blog" href="http://fawny.org/decon-blog.html" rel="nofollow">not flat</a>, rather hyperbolic. Would you still want to go through the effort of proving that it's not flat? Gaurav, those who of us in the thick of it know this fact (that it’s not flat at all) so well that “The World is Flat” is but romanticizing a notion—particularly for an Indian (just because Mr Friedman has some nice stories about India; I like it in particular because my school buddy’s gaming company Dhruva has a mention, but I digress). Best sellers don’t necessarily mean they paint a true picture of the World—that’s too big a canvas for gross generalizations. (Da Vinci Code is a similar tangent.) Try the energy industry for example, and the theory just flies out the window.

IT industry in general may have had some lee-ways, but Internet and social (monetizing) web, in particular, is hung on to the long-tail. So not flat, rather hyperbolic.

Would you still want to go through the effort of proving that it’s not flat?

]]> By: Amit http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-world-is-not-flat-and-neither-is-the-social-web/#comment-6882 Amit Tue, 13 May 2008 04:35:53 +0000 http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-6882 Gaurav would look forward to your posts on this. I believe that Flat is a misnormer of sorts and there is still a vast gap in what we are achieving today with internet and what it can do to our lives.... Gaurav would look forward to your posts on this.
I believe that Flat is a misnormer of sorts and there is still a vast gap in what we are achieving today with internet and what it can do to our lives….

]]> By: medea http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/the-world-is-not-flat-and-neither-is-the-social-web/#comment-6877 medea Sat, 10 May 2008 14:02:12 +0000 http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-6877 This is quite interesting, I'll be following your studies, this is also something I've been mulling: internet has't really brought "everyone" together. Instead, it has made some divisions even wider.. This is quite interesting, I’ll be following your studies, this is also something I’ve been mulling: internet has’t really brought “everyone” together. Instead, it has made some divisions even wider..

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