Last year at SXSW, Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley joined Frank Eliason (previously @comcastcares), Altimeter Group’s Jeremiah Owyang and me on stage to discuss the shifting landscape of social engagement. While I focused on the sociology of engagement and the impact it is having on culture and society, I also sought to balance the conversation by [...]

With the recent growth explosion of Quora, I’m pretty sure everyone is following and being followed by lots of other people. Lots of Quora users tweeted about ‘turning off email notifications’ for new followers as there were lots of ‘followings’ happening around. This would apply to many similar services and so also for Quora. If [...]