random social network thoughts
i was perusing facebook earlier tonite and i came up with some random thoughts…
…if someone “friends” you on facebook, and when they ask how you know each other, if you say you hooked (and you didn’t) what does that say about you to that person (same or oppposite sex)? you wanted to hook up with them?
…what levels of intimacy to couples display on their social network?
…are there cliques on social networks? or is each social network a clique in itself?
…if social networks do thrive, will there be an academic field dedicated to studying them? where does it belong: sociology? computer science? biology?
also, i think if one was to pursue a Ph.D. in sociology, there can be a lot of research topics in social networks.
that’s all.
-m