Comments on: Quote du jour http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/23/quote-du-jour-5/ Same old blog, brand new place Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:29:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Claus http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/23/quote-du-jour-5/comment-page-1/#comment-3772 Claus Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:45:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/23/quote-du-jour-5/#comment-3772 Scandinavians - maybe all Europeans - first time travelling in the US always have a hard time with the greeting formula "Hi, how are you?", "Fine, how are you" - because the question can only be used as a sincere statement of interest in their home country. The basic approachability built into the formula therefore seems extremely invasive and/or shallow. The thing is, however, approachability works. Makes for more interesting conferences for example. "Default on" in terms of accepting a stranger walking up to you just makes things more interesting. Haven't we learned about now that "is your friend" is just the same thing for online social networks? Scandinavians – maybe all Europeans – first time travelling in the US always have a hard time with the greeting formula “Hi, how are you?”, “Fine, how are you” – because the question can only be used as a sincere statement of interest in their home country. The basic approachability built into the formula therefore seems extremely invasive and/or shallow.
The thing is, however, approachability works. Makes for more interesting conferences for example. “Default on” in terms of accepting a stranger walking up to you just makes things more interesting.

Haven’t we learned about now that “is your friend” is just the same thing for online social networks?

]]> By: Don Marti http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/23/quote-du-jour-5/comment-page-1/#comment-3766 Don Marti Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:30:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/10/23/quote-du-jour-5/#comment-3766 David Wong explains this: <a href="http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/monkeysphere.html" rel="nofollow">Inside the Monkeysphere</a>. David Wong explains this: Inside the Monkeysphere.

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