Comments on: My penthouse suite in the Tower of Babel http://kevinskaiser.com/2009/08/25/my-penthouse-suite-in-the-tower-of-babel/ I write about the creative process and my double life as a literary manager and writer. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kelsie http://kevinskaiser.com/2009/08/25/my-penthouse-suite-in-the-tower-of-babel/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Kelsie Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:13:17 +0000 http://kevinskaiser.com/?p=353#comment-52 You have a good point. Facebook is both a blessing and a curse. This post made me think. I'm lucky to have met my best best friends on an online forum (which just so happens to have been the Books of History search...sound familiar? ;) ) but I also have a bunch of shallow relationships on Facebook...relationships without the relationship. You made me think. :) You have a good point. Facebook is both a blessing and a curse. This post made me think.

I’m lucky to have met my best best friends on an online forum (which just so happens to have been the Books of History search…sound familiar? ;) ) but I also have a bunch of shallow relationships on Facebook…relationships without the relationship.

You made me think. :)

]]> By: Caleb Pinyan http://kevinskaiser.com/2009/08/25/my-penthouse-suite-in-the-tower-of-babel/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Caleb Pinyan Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:30:11 +0000 http://kevinskaiser.com/?p=353#comment-48 You bring up some really great things in this post-- all of which I agree with. As a society we've become obsessed. Really good stuff. The comparison of the internet and the Tower of Babel is a brilliant one. You bring up some really great things in this post– all of which I agree with. As a society we’ve become obsessed.

Really good stuff. The comparison of the internet and the Tower of Babel is a brilliant one.

]]> By: Jerry Beers http://kevinskaiser.com/2009/08/25/my-penthouse-suite-in-the-tower-of-babel/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Jerry Beers Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:01:09 +0000 http://kevinskaiser.com/?p=353#comment-45 Great post, Kevin. Thanks for the food for thought. I was thinking this week that FB helps me with some relationships because it gives you the occasion to participate in the "real world" life of friends you see only occasionally. But it has to be followed up with deeper connections in person. Great post, Kevin. Thanks for the food for thought. I was thinking this week that FB helps me with some relationships because it gives you the occasion to participate in the “real world” life of friends you see only occasionally. But it has to be followed up with deeper connections in person.

]]> By: Jennifer http://kevinskaiser.com/2009/08/25/my-penthouse-suite-in-the-tower-of-babel/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Jennifer Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:50:00 +0000 http://kevinskaiser.com/?p=353#comment-44 Kevin, Great post. As you mention, publishers are now looking at how authors can engage a community. But the goal isn't amassing a pool of nameless faces being asked to buy the next book. It's about building a community of people who listen when that person has something to say-- a tribe of followers who feel rewarded by the give-and-take of interacting with that person. And that requires active participation, authenticity, and consistency. As Seth Godin notes in his book "Tribes", you strengthen the tribe when you tighten it...a "membership has it's privileges" model whereby everyone gains from being part of the community. Believing that all of these things are true, in my personal social media adventures, I want to connect with people I can learn from and those I can share with. Sure, I can follow 25,000 people and I'll get more traffic on my blog. But the constant question is this: by adding more people, will I find a handful I really want to engage with? The logical answer seems to be "yes", but it's finding the hidden gems that makes the work all the more interesting. Kevin,

Great post. As you mention, publishers are now looking at how authors can engage a community. But the goal isn’t amassing a pool of nameless faces being asked to buy the next book. It’s about building a community of people who listen when that person has something to say– a tribe of followers who feel rewarded by the give-and-take of interacting with that person. And that requires active participation, authenticity, and consistency. As Seth Godin notes in his book “Tribes”, you strengthen the tribe when you tighten it…a “membership has it’s privileges” model whereby everyone gains from being part of the community.

Believing that all of these things are true, in my personal social media adventures, I want to connect with people I can learn from and those I can share with. Sure, I can follow 25,000 people and I’ll get more traffic on my blog. But the constant question is this: by adding more people, will I find a handful I really want to engage with? The logical answer seems to be “yes”, but it’s finding the hidden gems that makes the work all the more interesting.

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