Gardening and Facebook
Designer Bashkim Isai created a garden that “feeds on social interaction” – in other words, the plants will survive only if you will be a very good friend on Facebook. Just like any other plans, they need water, soil, and nutrients, but the way these elements are used depends entirely on how many people become friends with the garden on Facebook and the comments on its wall post.
The mechanism is the following:
“Meet Eater is rigged up with a system to register physical contact and social media interaction. Watering is triggered by human contact and nutrients are delivered when you start hanging out with it on Facebook. Of course the novelty of such a project could draw more attention than is desired. If the plant becomes over loved it will call for quiet time via the Facebook page, just as you or I would.”
The experiment had quite a success as in 81 days it gathered more than 5000 fans on Facebook, constantly interacting with the garden.
Check it out for yourself andlet us know what you think – it is at least an interesting way to rethink our relationship with nature, using the interactivity and connectivity that social media have to offer.
source: Mashable
Tags: facebook, garden, Media, meet eater, social interaction
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