This is my Affinity Space right now. My Affinity Spaces have changed over the course of my life and I am sad to see that I do not have quite the social life I once had when I was younger; however it was nice to discover that I was still a part of something, part of a group. It dawned on me I am part of a lot of groups in fact, as we all are. Sometimes we are just the lurkers and sometimes we are the masters passing out information and knowledge to the group.
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Pinterest/ Home Improvement
1.
Common Endeavors - The sense of community can be felt among the
users as they are working towards various similar goals, which is to improve
their home and land doing it themselves.
People are from all over the country and world adding to the group as a
whole. Members of this group are from
all socioeconomic backgrounds none of which are of any real importance. Pinterest is the portal that connects . Identity is your own.
2.
Newbies & Masters – share the common
space. Some are great pools of knowledge
while others simply gather the information that is being freely given. It ranges from people are who very skilled
and have turned themselves into semi-professionals while you have others who
struggle with more simple things, to those who simply “lurk” and give no other
indication of their being involved other than to continue to pass along and to
possibly help collect additional information for the group.
3.
Some portals are stronger than others. Pinterest being the main portal also leads
to other portals. Primarily these are
websites, tutorials, videos, and photos.
Some hold a vast amount of information that can be highly useful while
others are sharing more so than to help teach.
4.
Content organization is transformed by interactional
organization – Pinterest changes with each person who pins, shares, comments,
adds, or ignores. The content is member
driven and therefore some information can be more easily found if repined and
shared by multiple people and other information can simply be ignored if no one
else feels the need to keep this information for themselves on their “boards”.
5.
Both intensive and extensive knowledge are
encouraged. Pins can be created by a
user to showcase a photo or their own website (as I have mine) to share with
others. It is used to share the
knowledge I have with others who may be needing the same information. trust me I have Googled which primer paints
work the best, and in finding a video on the subject someone has just did all
that work for me. I like to pass along
the same thing.
6.
Both individual and distrusted knowledge are
encouraged. All information is welcome
be it through own personal experience or something they have found to be
helpful. The beautiful thing about
Pinterest and the DIYers is that everyone is wanting to both gain more knowledge
and to share more knowledge. If one
person grows all have the potential to grow as well.
7.
Dispersing knowledge is encouraged. Multiple boards can be created to share the
information.
8.
Tactic knowledge is encouraged and honored. Usually this comes through in picture
tutorials which have shown me a LOT of things.
Some people learn visually and these truly help. Creating your own tutorials for something you
may know is very much encouraged and sometimes requested.
9.
Different forms and routes to participation –
can be a lurker, and simply add and pin as you like, or you can create and
truly search out good information people may need or enjoy. Participation can be in spurts (as I do) or
it can be continuous. It simply just
depends on a person’s preference though you will miss a lot if you don’t get on
for days.
10.
Leadership is porous and leaders are resources –
these are evident in their personal websites.
Some websites are beautifully crafted to help people complete more DIY
projects around the home than others.
Everyone is a valuable member, especially when they want to be one. You can share you wealth of knowledge or pass
along what you see never really adding to what is already available. Leadership changes with each new project or
tutorial. Anyone can be a leader at any
time, it is user generated.