There are four major factors that might impact news sharing: gratification, selective exposure, socialization, and trust & intimacy.
Who gets a full share of gratification, who has to sacrifice in order to keep things going?
Digital photography makes taking pictures an act of almost immediate gratification, but sharing more than a few images by e-mail remains a bothersome task for both senders and receivers.
Video's not like photos, Seibel admits, but there isn't the same type of instant gratification when sharing.
A small but influential group of Twitterers that have followed Andreessen's example — including a few members of his firm, Andreessen Horowitz — and forsaken the usual blog post for the more immediate gratification of sharing their thoughts by grouping together a big collection of stream-of-consciousness Tweets.
"I'm not totally surprised by the reaction, but I have been taken aback by the level of hostility, especially for a product that addresses San Francisco's love of both food and instant gratification, which I share," he told me.
It's probably not worth going into all the pros and cons of the idea at this point — let's just say that Mayer told me he was trying to address "San Francisco's love of both food and instant gratification, which I share," while others found it "sleazy" and compared it to ticket scalping.
There are also a few things I look for that I haven't seen many people write about, and I thought I'd share a few: 1. Deferred Gratification Being a founder is an exercise in extreme deferred gratification.
Many people shared an obscure sense of gratification that Thomas had died young, as a poet should.
Instead consumers will use photo Web sites for archiving and sharing, home printers for instant gratification and retail printing for big jobs and special projects, such as making calendars and posters.
