Bowling with ChatGPT: On the Evolving User Interactions with Conversational AI Systems Recent studies have discussed how users are increasingly using conversational AI systems, powered by LLMs, for information seeking, decision support, and even emotional support. However, these macro-l...

#BowlingAlone documented a quiet shift from collective to solitary practices.
In Bowling with ChatGPT ( #TheWebConference2026), we study whether a similar shift is unfolding in interactions with conversational AI.

arxiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2602.01114

Rotary club folds after 72 years as the way people volunteer changes As traditional volunteer clubs struggle to survive, small towns and national bodies rethink how Australians give their time.

The changing face of social capital & civic community.
A Putnam effect especially after Covid?
#bowlingalone

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

In his memoir A Postilion Struck by Lightning, Dirk Bogarde refers to church-going as “Social Spying” & that seems so right on: “…mostly a weekly check up on who was who & what they had been doing.” (I’m a godfree humanist not at all advocating for religion.) #BowlingAlone #SocialCapital #Community

Zonder ons, geen wij: vrolijke docu over de vele voordelen van lid zijn van een club - VPRO Documentairegids Zonder ons, geen wij legt uit waarom je lid moet worden van een club – voor je eigen gezondheid en die van de democratie.

Ik ben een echte 'joiner', (actief) lid van een heel aantal verenigingen.

#putnam #bowlingalone

www.vprogids.nl/documentaire...

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You’re Not Antisocial, But Your Neighborhood Might Be When the physical form of a place supports proximity, routine encounters, and a diversity of public life, civic engagement doesn't need to be engineered; it emerges.

You’re not #AntiSocial, but your #Neighborhood might be. #PlaceMatters #CleanSweep #NeighborhoodInvestmentInitiative #BowlingAlone @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social bit.ly/49aCZTD

In het campagneteam van de VVD hebben ze dus bedacht:
- we sluiten de PVV uit
- we sluiten GL/PvdA uit
- we sluiten alle partijen uit die de hypotheekrenteaftrek willen aanpakken.
Playing hard to get - zeg maar.
#BowlingAlone

I am working to figure out MY way out of this dysfunctional communication cycle.Truth be told, I am so wrapped up in #HMERF science,that I'd d never hrd of Mr. Kirk before Wed.
But-I belong to a local bk club;I'm not sure tht I've got an ans, but plan 2 read #BowlingAlone jst in case it's in there.

Opinion | Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s

Thanks for chiming in, Dr. Putnam #bowlingalone #ourkids www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...

Zonder ons, geen wij: vrolijke docu over de vele voordelen van lid zijn van een club - VPRO Documentairegids Zonder ons, geen wij legt uit waarom je lid moet worden van een club – voor je eigen gezondheid en die van de democratie.

Aanrader deze documentaire!

@vpro.nl #bowlingalone #verenigingsleven #robertputnam

In PR we warn: "How would it look on the front page of your local newspaper?"

I get it The Oddity photographer rocks up and suggests this and when he clicks you all grin instead of grimace for you're selling your greens and you're a lawn bowling club — Dead End! #BowlingAlone

He's so uncool he belongs to a bowling league . . . . #bowlingalone #RobertPutnam

New Substack dropped! It's about community - and a screening I helped host of @joinordiefilm.bsky.social about Bob Putnam's research / Bowling Alone

Even better? You get to see a childhood pic of me looking like a dingus

jhtomen.substack.com/p/community-...

#Substack #community #bowlingalone

🤝 Imagine... Great Again with Social Capital, Not Self-Interest🤝 Social justice, Digital Equity, Poverty, Accessible Technology, Marginalized communities, Pacific, COFA, Veterans, Low-Income, Affordable housing

www.imagine-pacific.com/2025/03/imag...

🤝 Imagine... Great Again w/ Social Capital, Not Self-Interest🤝

Labels: #BowlingAlone, #CivicRenewal, #IMSPARK, #Kakou, #ParadigmShift #Intersectional, #RobertPutnam, #SocialCapital, #TransactionalLeadership, #TransformationLeadership

Don’t forget, #BowlingAlone and #TheUpswing by Robert Putnam, about the rise and fall of democracy and how to bring it back!

JOIN OR DIE: A film about why you should join a club A feature documentary on the life and work of civic guru Robert Putnam.

There’s also a great documentary about the issue featuring #RobertPutnam #HillaryClinton #PeteButtigieg #EddieGlaudeJr & others. #BowlingAlone #JoinorDie www.joinordiefilm.com#see

Thinking abt social connection, belonging, purpose and how these
relate to #bonding #bridging #civiclife #socialcapital + more

Reflecting on two thought provoking podcasts this week (highly recommend)
🎯Trevor Noah w/ #BowlingAlone Bob Putman
🎯Fresh Air interview w/ Atlantic writer Derek Thompson

The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends "Smartphones make our alone time feel more crowded than it used to be," says journalist Derek Thompson. His article in The Atlantic is called "The Anti-Social Century."

Excellent read / listen.

#Loneliness, solitude and leisure time are not what we thought.

#BowlingAlone is a favorite #book I have been writing about recently too.

#BehavioralCascade #NPR #DerekThompson #DonatingDopamine #VillageStrengthening

www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n...

Join or Die - Wikipedia

If you have not watched Join or Die yet, I recommend it. Great watch as we try to find a way forward

#filmsky
#documentary
#BowlingAlone
#joinordie
#RobertPutnam

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Join_or...

www.netflix.com/title/81746809

Political scientist here - just received the *perfect* spam text… #BowlingAlone

#RobertPutnam #BowlingAlone Great analysis on the effect of social media. “In the trenches” is how I described working in terrestrial radio. Men lost the ability to communicate when cellphones and social media became the norm. The blue collar male demo suffered with an inability to release.

Bowling Alone Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change. Drawing on surveys on Americans' changing behavior over the past t...

This Week’s Read: Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam books.google.com/books/about/... #RobertPutnam #BowlingAlone

#Documentary #Democracy #Politics #Books #Booksky #BowlingAlone #SocialScience

Social capital, our personal community ties, are *key* to successful democracies. They have all been in decline for decades.

Political nerds will love the book and documentary.

“Bowling Alone” by Robert D. Putnam

Cool to see all the @everyblock ads come to town and fulfill my every interest. #pdx #chicago @knightfdn #data #django @trimet #bowlingalone