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By: Dennis D. McDonald
 a reply to Crowd clout du jour did you say Facebook?by Dennis D. McDonald on Apr 25, 2008 - 11:17 AM read 46 times Source: http://susanitsa.wordpress.com/?p=212#comment-17225 |
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I gave up on Facebook a while back, having become disenchanted by the moribund groups, cluttered interface, and proliferation of low utility applications. I even started blogging about the withdrawal process itself (http://www.ddmcd.com/saga.html).
Recently I deleted all my groups and I’m rethinking my strategy. I’m beginning to think that Facebook might be a good place to meet up with people I might not otherwise meet, people who aren’t using more “sophisticated” social networking tools.
Note that I put quotation marks around the word “sophisticated.” I’m not saying that Facebook doesn’t use sophisticated technology, but rather that I have no shortage of tools and systems to use for communicating with folks already knowledgeable about social media and social networking.
My challenge is using more traditional networking techniques to meet with potential friends, clients, and employers whose relationships and interests revolve around things other than “web 2.0,” “enterprise 2.0,” and related concerns. It might be that Facebook, because of its availability and media presence, might just be more useful for meeting up with people I might not otherwise meet through more targeted or specialized tools.
Dennis D. McDonald
Alexandria, Virginia USA
http://www.ddmcd.com
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