Comments on: Calacanis can’t keep up with Facebook

By: B2B Facebook: Limited Profile « Social Media University, Global (SMUG)

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My beef with Facebook: so much untapped possibility at goodCRIMETHINK — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:57:54 +0000

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By: michellelamar

michellelamar — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:45:02 +0000

Okay, I guess I shouldn’t have called the guy a weenie.
He’s not a weenie but his actions do seem a little bit dramatic.

By: triggerbug

triggerbug — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:11:25 +0000

Greate quotes:
“LinkedIn is the MBA/Put-on-a-suit type of networking. Facebook is the irresponsible younger sibling of LinkedIn. MySpace is like the squalling brat toddler of Facebook.”

For business networking — use LinkedIn.
For networking with your friends — use Pownce.

Facebook is dying a slow death. Time to cash out boys.

By: David Litsky

David Litsky — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:15:02 +0000

I am curious to the draw of having so many friends on social networking sites. Is it strictly the logistics of distribution, or is there a draw to being a “social media rockstar”?

I take a contrarian view to Facebook because I have been using the service for almost three years. When I first started, I added everyone I knew from my classes, other fraternities, friends from high school, and etc. I joined the groups, posted the silly drunk pictures, and made silly wall posts.

When I graduated, I made an effort to clean up my online image and pruned off some of the “dead weight”. Now, my network is comprised of people from my past I want to stay in contact with, and people I want to meet in the future. I have joined a few groups, and met interesting people including the director of marketing for an Indian organic beverage company, a globe-trotting blogger for the Washington Post, and a discussion-inspiring MIT grad. In addition, I use it to track status updates of my teenage cousin to make sure she stays out of trouble. Unfortunately, she has yet to learn that updating her status every five minutes is an inappropriate way to reflect her mood.

I think that people are still figuring out how to use Facebook most efficiently because it is new, and it’s a footrace for the most friends.

By: michelle lamar

michelle lamar — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:44:09 +0000

One of my new Facebook friends made a great observation: LinkedIn is the MBA/Put-on-a-suit type of networking. Facebook is the irresponsible younger sibling of LinkedIn. MySpace is like the squalling brat toddler of Facebook.
Facebook is a great way to network that is more relaxed than LinkedIn and it’s great.
Calacanis is a weenie. I thought one of the points of social media communication was to meet new people (some will be cheeseballs, some will be people that could impact your life in a huge way). Would someone please tell him he’s not that important? I don’t know the guy but please pass along my message. Thanks.