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I'm not buying the telecocooning thing. Sounds like more of a catch phrase more than anything else. I can put up an away message that says whatever I'm doing mu
by domp 20y ago
I'm not buying the telecocooning thing. Sounds like more of a catch phrase more than anything else. I can put up an away message that says whatever I'm doing much like a "presence poke". Or I can just blast a text to my friends letting them know what meaningless task I'm involved in at the moment.
I can see how it can show how you care or are thinking of them but if telecocooning lowers the barrier doesn't that trivialize a message? It's like giving a myspace bulletin to your whole friends list but telling them something less important than what is usually sent around.
I do like that you can use it to meet up with friends. That's a cool feature.
- Alex3917 20y agoI believe telecocooning comes from Mizuko Ito's research, but Howard Rheingold cites it in Smart Mobs as well. I think lowering the barriers does trivialize the message in some ways. For example, it would build less of a bond between any two individuals. However, I think it builds a tighter bond between the individual and their group of friends as a whole.