Comments on: Some negative thoughts on Facebook http://www.digital-era.org/renditionblog/index.php/2008/12/some-negative-thoughts-on-facebook/ Sofia's Rendition Blog Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: ghostkilla24 http://www.digital-era.org/renditionblog/index.php/2008/12/some-negative-thoughts-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-57 ghostkilla24 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:10:03 +0000 http://www.digital-era.org/?p=103#comment-57 Fantastic website I will defo bookmark this! Fantastic website I will defo bookmark this!

]]> By: sofiagk http://www.digital-era.org/renditionblog/index.php/2008/12/some-negative-thoughts-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-56 sofiagk Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:09:08 +0000 http://www.digital-era.org/?p=103#comment-56 this "inherent trust in that relationship" I think is the whole point of friendships including those you maintain using social media. This trust is a sort of capital I think - dare I say it, social capital. You maintain relationships with people you have trusted in the past because you believe that they will not betray that trust in the present or the future... an interesting take there. this "inherent trust in that relationship" I think is the whole point of friendships including those you maintain using social media. This trust is a sort of capital I think – dare I say it, social capital. You maintain relationships with people you have trusted in the past because you believe that they will not betray that trust in the present or the future… an interesting take there.

]]> By: Apostolos K. http://www.digital-era.org/renditionblog/index.php/2008/12/some-negative-thoughts-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Apostolos K. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:21:08 +0000 http://www.digital-era.org/?p=103#comment-55 One of my pet peeves is when people from work ask me to be their friends on facebook when we don't even talk at work. People who give me the fake, uncomfortable, smile when I say 'good morning' to them. If they request and I deny, and request again I ban them. Facebook is really for friends and classmates who I've become friendly with (and a few select people from work). LinkedIn follows the same logic. I am not an open networker. I need to know someone to linkup to them, or have interests in their work. The same person who smiles awkwardly when I say hello and ignores me will get the "I don't know" As far as spam goes, I like facebook, it's an easy way to reconnect with people, even the people I've lost contact with, but I really dislike all the stupid little apps. I don't mind finding something that I like and adding it to my profile, but I dislike all the stupid little apps that I get from otherwise sensible people :-) I see facebook, and linkedin, as my version of Jack Welch's rolodex. All my acquaintances are my acquaintances for a reason. At some point or another we were/are friends and there is inherent trust in that relationship. If they need something they can ask me, and vice versa. Plus, it gives me a peek into their lives, more so than the old-school write-a-letter-mail-it-wait type of method of 10-15 years ago ;-) One of my pet peeves is when people from work ask me to be their friends on facebook when we don't even talk at work. People who give me the fake, uncomfortable, smile when I say 'good morning' to them. If they request and I deny, and request again I ban them. Facebook is really for friends and classmates who I've become friendly with (and a few select people from work).

LinkedIn follows the same logic. I am not an open networker. I need to know someone to linkup to them, or have interests in their work. The same person who smiles awkwardly when I say hello and ignores me will get the "I don't know"

As far as spam goes, I like facebook, it's an easy way to reconnect with people, even the people I've lost contact with, but I really dislike all the stupid little apps. I don't mind finding something that I like and adding it to my profile, but I dislike all the stupid little apps that I get from otherwise sensible people :-)

I see facebook, and linkedin, as my version of Jack Welch's rolodex. All my acquaintances are my acquaintances for a reason. At some point or another we were/are friends and there is inherent trust in that relationship. If they need something they can ask me, and vice versa. Plus, it gives me a peek into their lives, more so than the old-school write-a-letter-mail-it-wait type of method of 10-15 years ago ;-)

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