Talk:Social trail

I think it should be merged.--Fathermocker (talk) 15:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I think Desire Line is the main topic--as it's obviously an animal behaviour, inclusive of other species and we as humans are also creating social trails and desire lines. But which comes first? Chicken/egg? the ecology of the concept is what's dominant, not human society. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.82.100.71 (talk) 13:48, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Social trails result from later users following the first signs of a previous walker, who was pursuing his/her desire line. These later users may wish to follow a different desire line, but are attracted to the existing social trail. So "social trail" and "desire line" are highly related, but separate topics and should probably be treated as such. Vernacular trails, as opposed to official walkways, is another term for social trails, from the writings of John Brinckerhoff Jackson - Discovering the Vernacular Landscape (1986). Pmonro (talk) 19:43, 30 June 2009 (UTC)