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It's been my experience on USENET and other forums
where you are making a written (email) request to
a group of experts, that it's a good idea to show
the work that you have already done to try and
solve your problem or answer your question. This
let's folks know what you have tried and what you
may have overlooked and can help them to frame a
better answer.

I would suggest is it's a safe assumption that the
format that Valdis proposed works in almost any
forum where you are requesting "expert" help. Every
email I get from this group has a pointer to
http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ appended: there is not
only a wealth of info there but also links to many
other useful sites.

The explosion of interest in social networking and
social software in the popular and business press,
and in the startup & VC community, means that
this list will see a continued influx of newcomers
trying to learn details of decades of existing
research. If you are one of these folks, you
should be aware that in addition to the INSNA site
you can also search the SOCNET message archive
here: http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/socnet.html

Sean Murphy [log in to unmask]

At 04:39 PM 11/21/2003 -0500, Mike Prescott wrote:
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>I think this wouldn't be an issue if there were some norms of engagement
>stated somewhere. I think most people want to adhere to these but for a
>newcomer this is difficult to ascertain. At the same time this can also
>keep some people silent for a long time(lurking in perpetuity) even if
>they may have a potentially valuable contribution to make. Maybe that's
>one of the shortcomings of a discussion forum like this that doesn't have
>a bigger web site connected to it?
>
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At 04:15 PM 11/21/2003 -0500, Valdis Krebs wrote:
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>I think most people enjoy helping others who help themselves... I know I
>do. A question like "I am interested in X, and have already read A, B,
>and C -- what else is recommended?" would bring many positive responses
>from members of this list.
>
>Another great source for network newbies is the INSNA web site. Bill
>Richards has set up some great pages of links [by topic]. Guess what? He
>even has a page of SocCap links!
>-- http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/INSNA/Hot/soc_cap.htm
>
>I enjoy answering beginner's questions, as do others on this list, I just
>don't like 'lazy questions'.
>
>Valdis
>
>
>
>
>
>---- Jun Zhang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> >
> > Valdis,
> > I don't agree with you. Even Google can usually give us good results, I
> > still think the best resource for social network knowledge is "SOCNET"
> email
> > list -- which NETWORKED most of well known social network
> > researchers...that's also how we increase the social capital of SOCNET,
> > isn't it (If I don't misunderstand the meaning of social capital).
> >
> > Of course, there will be a lot of negative issues we need to address, such
> > as "elite members" might want to quit because of they are tired of
> answering
> > too much simple questions. However, helping new comers who just start their
> > research on SNA is also one purpose of this list and many old members are
> > happy to do that, isn't it?
> >
> > Actually, one topic I always interesting in is that how we could use Social
> > Network to help people share/find information. For people in academic,
> > sometimes it is really important to find the right people who do related
> > research in this area instead of a pdf file URL from Google. From the
> author
> > of PDF to find that person is one solution, finding that people directly
> > from something like "SOCNET" is another. While Google is good at 1st.
> SOCNET
> > is good at 2nd.
> >
> > So, while some people already complained that we rely too much on Google
> > these days, should we kill the 2nd options - which is emphasis the
> > importance of "Social Network" ourselves?
> >
> > Just my 2 cents,
> >
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> >
> > Jun
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Valdis Krebs" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: Social capital and social networks?
> >
> >
> > > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.sfu.ca/~insna/ *****
> > >
> > > It is amazing how smart people on this list do not know how to use
> Google!
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=social+capital+networ
> > k
> > >
> > > Read the first PDF Google finds. Next, look up PageRank on Google to
> know
> > why the first PDF Google found is a good suggestion.
> > >
> > > Valdis
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---- Matej Cepl <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > How does phenomenon of social capital fits into the study of
> > > > social networks? What are the similarities, what are the
> > > > differences? Can you suggest some good (and brief :-)
> literature
> > > > on this issue?
>
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