On Jan 29, 2008 1:39 PM, Steve Ellenoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've recently gotten a number of invitations to join these "social > networks" and having been living under a rock for awhile wanted to > get your opinions on this as I know very little about them other than > superficially. Are they just more hype or is there really something > worthwhile there? Keep in mind, that for me, the last thing I want is > more spam to my email address, and another bunch of sites I need to > read everyday to "keep up". Since I think they are "free", you could > argue there's nothing to lose, but I'm of the mindset that I only do > stuff when there's "something to gain" rather than "nothing to lose", > since most of the time, the "nothing to lose" ends up not exactly > being true, as it's one more thing in my life I end up having to > manage in one form or another.. >
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do LinkedIn as well as Facebook. The two are so different from one another it is amazing. I'll speak of facebook because nobody else has. I get a better interaction with my college age son who is not one to pick up the phone and call, ever..... As his profile changes I get a notification. If he is linked in pics that are posted I get a note from Facebook to check them out. If I put up images and tag myself he gets a message. This may sound juvenile but it has really made communication of day to day experiences easier to grasp. It is kind of funny but he just asked for help in a cooking contest that the Greeks are invited to at UTK.edu We have been kicking some ideas around and I'll make a group on Facebook that the helpers in his Fraternity can join so everyone is on the same page. you can put up pics, video, urls, and a ton more. There are hundreds of add ons to FB that are all free. where I've been is cool. you get to define where you have visited , lived and want to go to and others can view it. It does take a lot of work to get a lot back from FB. You have to post "stuff" to get stuff. You have to have friends who want to do likewise. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
