Comments on: Naked Conversations 2.0: How Google is disrupting the social media starfish

By: Sylvie Laitre

Sylvie Laitre — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:15:55 +0000

Good afternoon,

I wasn't sure where exactly to leave my comment but hope it'll find it's way to the proper reader. I just finished reader Naked Conversations (probably later than most) and am excited about blogs and how they can help both my career and my business. I'm a newbie to say the least (my blog has been up for only a few months) but truly believe in the communications revolution coming about. What I wanted to bring up is the 'cultural' reasons some countries may be blogging more than others. On p.124 you speak about "Siestas in the Blogosphere' and it got my attention as my business is in Mexico (I have a SPanish and English blog. Not necessarily mirrored of course) and I see alot of potential here given that blogs have not really been embraced yet. When I brought up the cultural aspect with friends and colleagues here (all latin) several mentioned the 'fear factor'. The thought of publicly publishing your success, lifestyle ,and knowledge scared most of them in a very real way. In Mexico, as in other Latin countries, kidnapping rates are incredibly high and expressing your views is often considered life threatening. I didn't see this mentioned in your book but thought it might be an important point to consider when writing about blogs (or social media in general) and culture. Has anyone mentioned this before?

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By: Kyle Healey

Kyle Healey — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:55:54 +0000

Thanks, I learned a lot from this post. Stumbled!

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