http://www.boxesandarrows.com/person/10832 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:36:09 GMT Comments by Rian Van Der Merwe <p>Great summary. I wrote a similar article yesterday about social network theory and social capital which you might find interesting: <a href="http://www.ux-sa.com/2007/09/social-capital-in-online-social.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ux-sa.com/2007/09/social-capital-in-online-soc&hellip;</a></p> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/social-networks#content_12163 http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/social-networks#content_12163 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:36:09 GMT Rian Van Der Merwe <p>In addition to the theory of the strength of weak ties, I believe another important construct is Ronald Burt&#8217;s Structural Hole theory, which goes one step further to explain how entrepreneurs can use weak ties to broker relationships between different actors in a network. More on that here: <a href="http://www.ux-sa.com/2007/09/structural-holes-and-online-social.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ux-sa.com/2007/09/structural-holes-and-online-&hellip;</a></p> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/social-networks#content_12530 http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/social-networks#content_12530 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:24:31 GMT Rian Van Der Merwe