Expressions of Relationships
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These are my rough notes of what is being written on the flip chart during the VRM meeting breakout on 2006-01-25.
Relationships vs. Expressions
Types of Relationships
- marriage
- business partnership
- counselor
- subscription
- friendship
- family
- membership
- fanboy
- contract
- employment
- confucian
- mentor / advisor
- citizenship
- blacklist
- champion
- familiar stranger
- colleague
- teacher
- stalker
- neighbor
- patron
- customer
- vendor
- circle of trust
- sponsor
- priest / shaman / rabbi / ...
- advocate
- alumni
- nemesis
- cohorts
- shared experience
- enemy
Expressions of Relationships
You know it is a relationship when ...
- there are implications for the future
- expectations
- recognition
- subscription
- payment
- tipping
- genealogy
- hate sites
- strong feelings
- recommend
- contract
- employment
- ask advice
- expose yourself to vulnerability ("trust")
- blacklist
- conversation
- stalking
- repeat patronage
- badmouth
- reliance
- federation
- referral/introduction
- sponsor
- invite
- rebuff
- evaluate
- hug / PDA
- advocate
- commenting (e.g. blogs)
- give gifts
- find
- respond
- keep apprised
- request
- extend credit
- support
- vouch
- shared experience
- having coffee
- conferences
Dimensions
- Time
- Transparency
- Intensity
- Frequency
- Commitment
- Control
- Potential to real
- Latent to explicit
- Reciprocity
- Symmetry
- Frequency of interaction
- Cardinality
Some interesting questions / thoughts
- Are we presuming that relationships are bidirectional? (e.g. crush) No ...
- Relationships are not boolean -- there is a degree, e.g. very close vs. "have heard of some guy.."
- Law/lawyers as a source of a relationship taxonomy
- Confucianism as a source of relationship taxonomy
- A social network that doesn't allow you to include your enemies isn't worth having.