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What drives participation in a social network?

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Check out these quotes from the post: There was no validation that what I did was comment-worthy, no “cute” notations on Yelps, no retweets of my witty Twitter updates. Snarky comment on Twitter=need for validation. It’s amazing that I can be so immersed in it and not really see what is going on. Crowds applause-that validates.

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10 social sites to start your year off with

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Odd, but the net and social media does create somewhat of a Flash mob “follow&# mentality. 2) As my side Twitter project Hashtagsocialmedia.com continues to build momentum, someone asked if there were a way to follow everyone who had participated in the Tweetchat. A Google doc that lists all of the known Twitter chats.

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