I've come across two beautiful examples of social technology that help to break down the isolations brought on by many other social technologies, that I, of course want to share with my COMM 2F00 co-pilots. And, right around the time when the readings for this module couldn't be more relevant (the universe is wonderful like that).
1) Glide. Glide is a video messaging app for mobile devices that allows you to send only video messages between contacts. Sounds familiar right? Wrong. What makes Glider so perfect and so "Turkle" is that it sends your messages as you're recording them. There are no re-takes, its all live. So you and your friends get to experience more of the real versions of each other in all your blunders.
2) Grouper. Grouper is a web service that gets groups of people together for face-to-face social interaction. There is no guess work as to why you're meeting, everyone involved is like minded to the fact to simply hang out with real and new people. While it's clear that Grouper is hinting at the fact its also a great platform for meeting people of the opposite sex with high possibility of relationships forming, it is still none the less an excellent example of social technology in use to bring people together in the real world and promote real relationships as opposed to mere connections.
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