Comments on: The Whuffie Factor and Social Capital in The New Economy http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/ Geekin' on Tech, Food and Stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: StevenGroves.com – Ramblings about the Success of Strategy, Tools, and Tactics of Social Media | StevenGroves.com http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-101 StevenGroves.com – Ramblings about the Success of Strategy, Tools, and Tactics of Social Media | StevenGroves.com Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:54:24 +0000 http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/#comment-101 [...] see it as particular to the timeline of an exchange or conversation and how it contributes to social capital.  The caveat is of course that no one strategy fits all companies.  If however you are [...] [...] see it as particular to the timeline of an exchange or conversation and how it contributes to social capital.  The caveat is of course that no one strategy fits all companies.  If however you are [...]

]]> By: StevenGroves.com - Ramblings about the Success of Strategy, Tools, and Tactics of Social Media | StevenGroves.com http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-13 StevenGroves.com - Ramblings about the Success of Strategy, Tools, and Tactics of Social Media | StevenGroves.com Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:09:10 +0000 http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/#comment-13 [...] with broadband empowered individuals. You need memetic branding to survive. Originally posted as a comment by Michael Cayley on StevenGroves.com using [...] [...] with broadband empowered individuals. You need memetic branding to survive. Originally posted as a comment by Michael Cayley on StevenGroves.com using [...]

]]> By: Michael Cayley http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Michael Cayley Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:13:00 +0000 http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/#comment-198 As I have said many times, it does not matter what you call the dog, as long as it brings back the bone.<br><br>What's with the dog?<br><a href="http://socialcapitalvalueadd.com/2008/05/14/whats-with-the-dog" rel="nofollow">http://socialcapitalvalueadd.com/2008/05/14/wha...</a><br><br>I do agree with you about that boardroom conversation though. <br><br>That is the difficulty in obtaining the revolutionary changes required to cope with broadband empowered individuals. You need memetic branding to survive. Natural selection is a product of variance. So call it Whuffie! That is great! Call it social media, call it Social Capital Value Add ... but just call it. I've tried to incorporate a Wizard of Oz metaphor, some story telling and root the arguement in accepted financial & economic theory. As I have said many times, it does not matter what you call the dog, as long as it brings back the bone.

What's with the dog?
http://socialcapitalvalueadd.com/2008/05/14/wha…

I do agree with you about that boardroom conversation though.

That is the difficulty in obtaining the revolutionary changes required to cope with broadband empowered individuals. You need memetic branding to survive. Natural selection is a product of variance. So call it Whuffie! That is great! Call it social media, call it Social Capital Value Add … but just call it. I've tried to incorporate a Wizard of Oz metaphor, some story telling and root the arguement in accepted financial & economic theory.

]]> By: StevenGroves http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-197 StevenGroves Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:39:10 +0000 http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/#comment-197 What treat to see you here Tara and welcome!<br><br>I actually tried to use it the other day in a meeting and was mildly rebuffed, which is why I thought I'd explore it a bit more here.<br><br>@dbarnhardt retweeted me with the @gapingvoid comment "Real Men don't measure their self-worth in Whuffies" What treat to see you here Tara and welcome!

I actually tried to use it the other day in a meeting and was mildly rebuffed, which is why I thought I'd explore it a bit more here.

@dbarnhardt retweeted me with the @gapingvoid comment “Real Men don't measure their self-worth in Whuffies”

]]> By: Tara Hunt http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Tara Hunt Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:32:25 +0000 http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/#comment-196 Thanks for the pointer to my book.<br><br>I don't know if using the terminology is an either/or thing - but my book is coming out with a major publisher in April (Random House) and we have planned a big marketing splash, so it will probably spread around a bit at that point. And really, nobody liked the word blog or the word wiki...how about the word Google? Yikes. Odd. But now used in regular business vernacular. ;)<br><br>As well, I interchange social capital and whuffie frequently in the book and have been discussing social capital and online community building since mid-2006. Whuffie was more recent. Neither are my terms (Cory invented Whuffie and Pierre Bourdieu invented Social Capital - Robert Putnum popularized it in the 80's) as Alex points out below. Thanks for the pointer to my book.

I don't know if using the terminology is an either/or thing – but my book is coming out with a major publisher in April (Random House) and we have planned a big marketing splash, so it will probably spread around a bit at that point. And really, nobody liked the word blog or the word wiki…how about the word Google? Yikes. Odd. But now used in regular business vernacular. ;)

As well, I interchange social capital and whuffie frequently in the book and have been discussing social capital and online community building since mid-2006. Whuffie was more recent. Neither are my terms (Cory invented Whuffie and Pierre Bourdieu invented Social Capital – Robert Putnum popularized it in the 80's) as Alex points out below.

]]> By: StevenGroves http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-195 StevenGroves Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:32:12 +0000 http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/#comment-195 Yep - you got my sense of it Alex... thx Yep – you got my sense of it Alex… thx

]]> By: Alex Lapointe http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Alex Lapointe Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:20:23 +0000 http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/#comment-194 Perhaps it's a matter of phrasing, but I'm not sure how "Whuffie" could be considered Tara Hunt's term since Cory Doctorow was the one who coined it which Tara even notes (<a href="http://bit.ly/BONg" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/BONg</a>). I have a feeling that you may have meant it in the sense of "this is the term she uses and this is the term I use" sense though and not in a possessive sense. Perhaps it's a matter of phrasing, but I'm not sure how “Whuffie” could be considered Tara Hunt's term since Cory Doctorow was the one who coined it which Tara even notes (http://bit.ly/BONg). I have a feeling that you may have meant it in the sense of “this is the term she uses and this is the term I use” sense though and not in a possessive sense.

]]> By: Michael Cayley http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Michael Cayley Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:13:00 +0000 http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/#comment-12 As I have said many times, it does not matter what you call the dog, as long as it brings back the bone.<br><br>What's with the dog?<br><a href="http://socialcapitalvalueadd.com/2008/05/14/whats-with-the-dog" rel="nofollow">http://socialcapitalvalueadd.com/2008/05/14/wha...</a><br><br>I do agree with you about that boardroom conversation though. <br><br>That is the difficulty in obtaining the revolutionary changes required to cope with broadband empowered individuals. You need memetic branding to survive. Natural selection is a product of variance. So call it Whuffie! That is great! Call it social media, call it Social Capital Value Add ... but just call it. I've tried to incorporate a Wizard of Oz metaphor, some story telling and root the arguement in accepted financial & economic theory. As I have said many times, it does not matter what you call the dog, as long as it brings back the bone.

What's with the dog?
http://socialcapitalvalueadd.com/2008/05/14/wha…

I do agree with you about that boardroom conversation though.

That is the difficulty in obtaining the revolutionary changes required to cope with broadband empowered individuals. You need memetic branding to survive. Natural selection is a product of variance. So call it Whuffie! That is great! Call it social media, call it Social Capital Value Add … but just call it. I've tried to incorporate a Wizard of Oz metaphor, some story telling and root the arguement in accepted financial & economic theory.

]]> By: StevenGroves http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-11 StevenGroves Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:39:10 +0000 http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/#comment-11 What treat to see you here Tara and welcome!<br><br>I actually tried to use it the other day in a meeting and was mildly rebuffed, which is why I thought I'd explore it a bit more here.<br><br>@dbarnhardt retweeted me with the @gapingvoid comment "Real Men don't measure their self-worth in Whuffies" What treat to see you here Tara and welcome!

I actually tried to use it the other day in a meeting and was mildly rebuffed, which is why I thought I'd explore it a bit more here.

@dbarnhardt retweeted me with the @gapingvoid comment “Real Men don't measure their self-worth in Whuffies”

]]> By: Tara Hunt http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Tara Hunt Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:32:25 +0000 http://www.stevengroves.com/2009/02/02/the-whuffie-factor-and-social-capital-in-the-new-economy/#comment-9 Thanks for the pointer to my book.<br><br>I don't know if using the terminology is an either/or thing - but my book is coming out with a major publisher in April (Random House) and we have planned a big marketing splash, so it will probably spread around a bit at that point. And really, nobody liked the word blog or the word wiki...how about the word Google? Yikes. Odd. But now used in regular business vernacular. ;)<br><br>As well, I interchange social capital and whuffie frequently in the book and have been discussing social capital and online community building since mid-2006. Whuffie was more recent. Neither are my terms (Cory invented Whuffie and Pierre Bourdieu invented Social Capital - Robert Putnum popularized it in the 80's) as Alex points out below. Thanks for the pointer to my book.

I don't know if using the terminology is an either/or thing – but my book is coming out with a major publisher in April (Random House) and we have planned a big marketing splash, so it will probably spread around a bit at that point. And really, nobody liked the word blog or the word wiki…how about the word Google? Yikes. Odd. But now used in regular business vernacular. ;)

As well, I interchange social capital and whuffie frequently in the book and have been discussing social capital and online community building since mid-2006. Whuffie was more recent. Neither are my terms (Cory invented Whuffie and Pierre Bourdieu invented Social Capital – Robert Putnum popularized it in the 80's) as Alex points out below.

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