Comments on: Digital Campus #23 - Happy Birthday http://www.dancohen.org/2008/03/19/digital-campus-23-happy-birthday/ Covering the intersection of digital technology and research, teaching, and learning in the humanities, including search, data mining, website development and design, and programming. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:06:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: SK 12/08: Kunnskapssamfunn 2008 « Plinius http://www.dancohen.org/2008/03/19/digital-campus-23-happy-birthday/#comment-1955 SK 12/08: Kunnskapssamfunn 2008 « Plinius Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:20:41 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/2008/03/19/digital-campus-23-happy-birthday/#comment-1955 [...] Dan Cohen om å praktisere: [...] [...] Dan Cohen om å praktisere: [...]

]]> By: Mindy Smith http://www.dancohen.org/2008/03/19/digital-campus-23-happy-birthday/#comment-1934 Mindy Smith Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:15:18 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/2008/03/19/digital-campus-23-happy-birthday/#comment-1934 Hi Dan, Just listen to the Birthday Episode of Digital Campus. I was really interested in your discussion of JuicyCampus.com. Though I agree that this sort of social networking site is likely a trend and will fail to attract repeat users if the gossip listed isn't "juicy" enough, but Brown has had a similar website for years that is hugely popular. While The Brown Dailyjolt is not strictly a gossip site (it does announce on and off campus events and post dining hall menus), it is used primarily for posting secrets, asking questions, and ranting about professors within the wide array of forums while remaining anonymous (although many of us eventually figured out who the most popular personas were). Many professors have been known to scope and troll the Jolt and some even post responses to their students jeers ala Professors, Strike Back! I actually wrote a pretty lengthy article for the Arts and Leisure segment of the Brown Daily Herald which attempts to uncover why students and professors were so drawn to the Jolt (http://media.post.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper745/news/2006/02/16/Features/The-Underground.Brown-1615735.shtml). Maybe JuicyCampus will be received with the same loyalty and fervor that the Brown Dailyjolt maintains. Mindy Hi Dan,

Just listen to the Birthday Episode of Digital Campus. I was really interested in your discussion of JuicyCampus.com. Though I agree that this sort of social networking site is likely a trend and will fail to attract repeat users if the gossip listed isn’t “juicy” enough, but Brown has had a similar website for years that is hugely popular. While The Brown Dailyjolt is not strictly a gossip site (it does announce on and off campus events and post dining hall menus), it is used primarily for posting secrets, asking questions, and ranting about professors within the wide array of forums while remaining anonymous (although many of us eventually figured out who the most popular personas were). Many professors have been known to scope and troll the Jolt and some even post responses to their students jeers ala Professors, Strike Back! I actually wrote a pretty lengthy article for the Arts and Leisure segment of the Brown Daily Herald which attempts to uncover why students and professors were so drawn to the Jolt (http://media.post.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper745/news/2006/02/16/Features/The-Underground.Brown-1615735.shtml).

Maybe JuicyCampus will be received with the same loyalty and fervor that the Brown Dailyjolt maintains.

Mindy

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