I signed up for Facebook some time ago after receiving the invite from David for the sort of reasons you mention below. I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the other options to network electronically. I looked into Twitter, Google+ and a bunch of other links but got FB seems to be winning the with all the various games, etc. It is mostly superficial and geared toward revenue for that guy who figured out how to become an instant billionaire, but so what? I take the best and disregard the rest and just participate in the very interesting and stimulating discussion, especially on David's page. I was put off by a couple trolls who used hit an run tactics, but since they blocked me I no longer see their posts.
At first I didn't know how to do social media, but am learning how to ignore and block the invites to play Farmville, and sales pitches, etc. Different strokes for different folks and FB is certainly a diverse community. If I get a poke, it's from a friend, and I poke back; I never initiate a poke!~) I even friended Nick on FB (and other networks). He is everywhere and even was friends with Mark Zuckerberg. I thoroughly enjoy the conversation in forums, list servers, etc. I don't know if here is a way to revive Brin-L with links to social media. we seem to have lost David to that interface somewhat, but he is a futurist and predicted all this! Brin-L was in the vanguard of all this, but the WWW, Broadband, You Tube, E-Bay, etc. are the wave of the future; for or better or worse... The world has changed radically and revolutions are in motion around the word; who knows what will be next, but I listen to David and other authors to keep up... Yes "we are still a kind of social network, with a history and connections dating back to a previous online era? A brilliant source for information should we need it? It'll be interesting to see how all the social networking develops in the next few years?" Jon Mann _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
