Comments on: Five Dimensional Online Gifts

By: Hsien Lei

Hsien Lei — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:37:52 +0000

I have obviously been spending too much time on Facebook. I thought you were talking about those little gifts members can give to each other for $1 a pop. D’oh.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:57:21 +0000

Hank Campbell on ScientificBlogging followed up my original write-up on this research.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:15:50 +0000

Yes, I guess the word “gift” has the wrong connotations in everyday speech to truly be pertinent here, maybe it’s more precise in sociological circles. I shall check.

By: mina

mina — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:35:02 +0000

When I first read the word ‘gift,’ I have to admit that it threw me off a little. I think this is because for me, the online sharing of information just doesn’t seem like a gift in the usual sense of the word. Is that a commentary about the online world being so far from reality for me that a gift can’t be something slightly more intangible like an mp3 (which I do adore, being such a music geek..hehe)? Or maybe I take this sharing for granted? I’m perhaps straying a little but your post has me thinking about the ways people connect online and how this contrasts to in-person ‘gifts’ and connections.