Small Groups, Tightly Joined
WebVisions Speaker Series / DevGroup NW
Wed., Feb. 18, 6:30 to 8:00pm
Homophily describes the tendency of individuals to bond with people similar to themselves. It’s an obvious insight. But it also means everything to the analysis of any given online community. A web community’s success can be predicted almost entirely by asking: “Do the people drawn to this website share cultural traits with one another?”
This is why Microsoft can’t launch a successful social network. While your average college radio station, or sports fan club, or local music scene are natural gathering places.
With web communities, technology isn’t important – it’s a culture thing.
Location:
PCC Cascade Campus
Moriarty Arts and Humanities Auditorium
Building, 104
705 N. Killingsworth
About the Speaker
In 2005 Marcus Estes founded Tables Turned, a company dedicated to servicing non-commercial radio stations with freely licensed music for podcasts and internet radio. He also served on the board of directors for Portland Oregon’s Cable Access station and has contributed web expertise to a number of nonprofit organizations. In 2007 he helped launch WFMU’s Free Music Archive project, a social software and licensing website that aims to help save internet radio by lowering royalty payments for non-commercial radio stations. He now works for OpenSourcery helping non-profits find their way on the web.