Comments on: Mourning The Loss of Context http://www.hrexaminer.com/mourning-the-loss-of-context Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:03:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Cade Krueger http://www.hrexaminer.com/mourning-the-loss-of-context/comment-page-1#comment-3354 Cade Krueger Thu, 07 May 2009 19:49:08 +0000 http://www.johnsumser.com/?p=712#comment-3354 Context is important to understand what exactly is being said. A Twitter out of context can be absolutely impossible to understand. In the recruiting area, knowing the context behind every comment can be essential to show what a potential candidate can do. How could the context of topics be added to increase understanding? Context is important to understand what exactly is being said. A Twitter out of context can be absolutely impossible to understand. In the recruiting area, knowing the context behind every comment can be essential to show what a potential candidate can do.
How could the context of topics be added to increase understanding?

]]> By: Ellen Ska. http://www.hrexaminer.com/mourning-the-loss-of-context/comment-page-1#comment-3353 Ellen Ska. Thu, 07 May 2009 14:27:53 +0000 http://www.johnsumser.com/?p=712#comment-3353 It's a brand new technology, John, and we're still muddling into workability with it. But a non sequitur is still a non sequitur ("a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it"). I do find that I usually "unfollow" people who send too many public replies stripped of context, unless their other posts give so much value that I'll put up with the non sequiturs. What it offers us is the awareness to model a different way, adding in a few keywords, so the gist is there both for the original sender and for our own followers who are otherwise left hanging like a bad Florida chad. Encouraging DM replies is another start, with the understanding that some folks, like you, will have a lot of them and also need a keyword or two so it makes sense. Good post. How about rewriting it as a list of tips? You know how we love numbered lists! It’s a brand new technology, John, and we’re still muddling into workability with it. But a non sequitur is still a non sequitur (“a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it”).
I do find that I usually “unfollow” people who send too many public replies stripped of context, unless their other posts give so much value that I’ll put up with the non sequiturs.
What it offers us is the awareness to model a different way, adding in a few keywords, so the gist is there both for the original sender and for our own followers who are otherwise left hanging like a bad Florida chad. Encouraging DM replies is another start, with the understanding that some folks, like you, will have a lot of them and also need a keyword or two so it makes sense.
Good post. How about rewriting it as a list of tips? You know how we love numbered lists!

]]> By: Jason C. Blais http://www.hrexaminer.com/mourning-the-loss-of-context/comment-page-1#comment-3352 Jason C. Blais Thu, 07 May 2009 13:45:10 +0000 http://www.johnsumser.com/?p=712#comment-3352 John- great post, really. I can't agree with your position more. I recently began posting about what I perceived to be 3 distinct areas of social media- professional networking, social networking, and information sharing. I had placed Twitter in the last, and argue that it is truly not a valid or useful networking resource. What I so clumsily attempted to illuminate, you have stated clearly here. Twitter does not afford users context. In my mind, you cannot 'network' without context. In the natural world, I think it would be like going to a networking event blindfolded, and not knowing anything (region, industry, expertise, experience, etc) about the other blindfolded folks in the room. If you can engage with someone long enough, you're sure to find some common ground, but the moment you walk away, you risk losing the ability to stay engaged or reconnect. If you try to meet with many people, you're attention and engagement is reduced to a sentence or two which you'll likely use for an elevator pitch about yourself. Anyway, great post, and... you really got me thinking! John- great post, really. I can’t agree with your position more. I recently began posting about what I perceived to be 3 distinct areas of social media- professional networking, social networking, and information sharing. I had placed Twitter in the last, and argue that it is truly not a valid or useful networking resource.

What I so clumsily attempted to illuminate, you have stated clearly here. Twitter does not afford users context. In my mind, you cannot ‘network’ without context. In the natural world, I think it would be like going to a networking event blindfolded, and not knowing anything (region, industry, expertise, experience, etc) about the other blindfolded folks in the room. If you can engage with someone long enough, you’re sure to find some common ground, but the moment you walk away, you risk losing the ability to stay engaged or reconnect. If you try to meet with many people, you’re attention and engagement is reduced to a sentence or two which you’ll likely use for an elevator pitch about yourself.

Anyway, great post, and… you really got me thinking!

]]> By: Dennis Smith http://www.hrexaminer.com/mourning-the-loss-of-context/comment-page-1#comment-3351 Dennis Smith Thu, 07 May 2009 13:32:22 +0000 http://www.johnsumser.com/?p=712#comment-3351 Now, John, if you can break this message up into 53, 140 character messages, it will lose all impact and context and we'll forget about it in < 15 minutes. You continue to make me think - and yes, you are a handsome guy. Now, for all those people who read this comment without reading your post, they'll be forced to read it or, they'll just have to live with the questions created by my comment. Thanks John. Now, John, if you can break this message up into 53, 140 character messages, it will lose all impact and context and we’ll forget about it in < 15 minutes.

You continue to make me think – and yes, you are a handsome guy. Now, for all those people who read this comment without reading your post, they’ll be forced to read it or, they’ll just have to live with the questions created by my comment.

Thanks John.

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