07-17-2007, 12:13 PM
Quote:Professionally, I believe Facebook has the potential to significantly impact web working. Shout if you never talked shop at a family barbeque when youve had the opportunity to chat about something related to your work that you enjoy. Shout if you never had a personal conversation with a colleague. ::crickets:: I thought so. Truth is, while there is a line between our work and personal lives, its a moving one. Facebook applications allow you to position that line between your worlds where you feel most comfortable. For example, I added the Causes application to my profile and created a cause to fight colorectal cancer through advocacy, with the hope of using the viral network to help promote the mission and activities of the nonprofit organization I get paid to work for. My father died of colon cancer in 1999. Is it business, or is it personal? In the end does the distinction really matter? Its still all about people...
full article: http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/12/fac.../#more-947
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Quote:Well, I compare it to LinkedIn (which is the competitor that comes up the most in conversations), Twitter, Pownce, and Jaiku. All of which have a social network component where you can keep track of your friends.
First, Facebook has far better contact management than Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku. If I look up someone on all three networks Facebook shows me more, brings it up faster, and has a better look into their own social networks. That leaves LinkedIn to compare it to. I dropped off LinkedIn a year ago cause the expected useage model there is to have your friends do things for you. Pass along resumes, give references, etc. Because of my popularity I simply got too many requests to do those things. There is no such expectation on Facebook.
When I talk with people about the two, also, they say that LinkedIn is for their professional lives and Facebook is for their personal stuff...
full article: http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/12/why-facebook-why-now/