Social Networking

Social networking – the advantages and disadvantages Phil Bradley www.philb.com 17 th April 2008

Social networking sites
Once upon a time we thought it was

Statistics
Flickr 4,000,000
LinkedIn 20,000,000
Bebo 21,000,000
Hi5 70,000,000
Facebook 100,000,000
MySpace 110,000,000

So what can be done with a social network?

Key elements
Locate and connect with friends or colleagues
Connect to friends of friends (FOAF)
Share information back and forth
Keep up to date with events
Find new friends
Join discussion groups

And a few more…
Instant messaging
Private messaging
Ask questions
Answer questions
Import content from different places

The case against
They can waste huge amounts of time
Privacy issues
Danger – strangers!

Continued
Individuals not representing company policy
Keeping work/home personas apart
Security concerns
A nomadic lifestyle

… and again

The case for…
Contact experts in subject areas

Some other social networking options
Community search engines
Spokeo
Start/Home pages

Other options…
Chat rooms
RSS feeds
Social bookmarking

The case for getting involved
Go to where the communication is
Facebook is more popular than Google for 18-24 age range
25%+ 8-11 y.o. have networking profiles
85% of students have a Facebook account
Create your own pages, group(s) for promotion, information provision
Provides more flexibility and functionality

The case against getting involved

Thank you!
Phil Bradley
http://www.philb.com
[email_address]

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