Got yet another invtation to join Facebook today. And since it came from one of my all time favorite people, I finally caved in and created a Facebook profile. You can see it by clicking on the banner. Nothing to it. The big question is: will Facebook survive, or will it disappear?
How many of these online networking, profiling, "friends"-based pseudo-sites do we need in order to keep track of our acquantances, post little photos, market our band or personal brand? How many do we have time to visit and update and expand in order to keep them alive? Is there such a thing as online identity spam? And how many such useful/useless online profiles will we create and leave to die during our lifetime?
I don't know. LinkedIn has proven useful as a professional networking tool. Blogs are fun (when you have the time to keep posting, that is). And now I expect that Facebook will be a private version of LinkedIn - aimed at keeping track of the personal network.
Hiya!
Followed your lead and joined facebook as well. Will send you a friend request shortly!
Dave
Posted by: David | January 18, 2008 at 01:34