Comments on: Facebook review http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mr. Chin http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-168984 Mr. Chin Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:23:41 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-168984 @Oh My God: I understand the slew of emails can be very annoying. Have you turned off email notifications and/or put a filter on any facebook emails that still trickle through? I haven't seen an email from facebook in ages and facebook works great when you visit the space when you choose to (opposed to it asking you to go there) I do this for all sites in general I see myself active in whether it is a blog, forum, social networking, or even twitter. @Nandan: I agree with you. I created a friend group names "virtual" to manage this and Lee Aase has an excellent tutorial I just went through to create a clear boundaries for your professional friends: http://social-media-university-global.org/2008/04/17/facebook-limited-profile-professional-friends/ cheers! @Oh My God: I understand the slew of emails can be very annoying. Have you turned off email notifications and/or put a filter on any facebook emails that still trickle through?

I haven’t seen an email from facebook in ages and facebook works great when you visit the space when you choose to (opposed to it asking you to go there)

I do this for all sites in general I see myself active in whether it is a blog, forum, social networking, or even twitter.

@Nandan: I agree with you. I created a friend group names “virtual” to manage this and Lee Aase has an excellent tutorial I just went through to create a clear boundaries for your professional friends:

http://social-media-university-global.org/2008/04/17/facebook-limited-profile-professional-friends/

cheers!

]]> By: Nandan Jha http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-113885 Nandan Jha Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:00:12 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-113885 short and crisp review. good. Interesting, this is such an old review and Facbook still lacks like 'Met Online' check-box. if nothing, at least there can be a check-box for 'some other way'. Very new on Facebook. Need to explore the app writing part of it for my travel experience website - www.ghumakkar.com short and crisp review. good.

Interesting, this is such an old review and Facbook still lacks like ‘Met Online’ check-box. if nothing, at least there can be a check-box for ’some other way’.

Very new on Facebook. Need to explore the app writing part of it for my travel experience website - http://www.ghumakkar.com

]]> By: An Essex Web Designer http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-113828 An Essex Web Designer Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:18:30 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-113828 Got sucked into joining last summer, previously I had written it off as a random internet fad. After a while of being a member, I began to realise the networking and marketing potential of it. Have created one or two Facebook apps, and met a load of good contacts. Got sucked into joining last summer, previously I had written it off as a random internet fad. After a while of being a member, I began to realise the networking and marketing potential of it. Have created one or two Facebook apps, and met a load of good contacts.

]]> By: Oh My God http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-112968 Oh My God Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:29:35 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-112968 My Dad signed up on this thing, and suckered me into signing up.. Now every time he does anything on facebook, I get an e-mail in my inbox. It's the worst spam I've ever seen. My Dad signed up on this thing, and suckered me into signing up.. Now every time he does anything on facebook, I get an e-mail in my inbox. It’s the worst spam I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: Mr. Chin http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-107049 Mr. Chin Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:39:25 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-107049 big fan of facebook lately and for strict professional networking LinkedIn still wins. however, for the record, facebook gives your business network a nice flair is what I'm noticing. both applications support zapping in your web address books and i think it's a matter of educating the online community to responsibly invite people you have some level of relatedness with rather than spamming your entire address book. on the other hand, to be fair - one could argue you're not really the judge as to who your friends are online and if you've connected once here and there - why not invite them? i'd also assert the best social networking applications are able to put a large number of "friends"/contacts in context - they help you find the needle in the haystack! I can't wait to see dynamic, organically-driven filters and views that are more on the fuzzy side - ones that begin to aggregate meta data extracted from multiple facebook apps for the purpose of matchmaking for example! big fan of facebook lately and for strict professional networking LinkedIn still wins. however, for the record, facebook gives your business network a nice flair is what I’m noticing.

both applications support zapping in your web address books and i think it’s a matter of educating the online community to responsibly invite people you have some level of relatedness with rather than spamming your entire address book.

on the other hand, to be fair - one could argue you’re not really the judge as to who your friends are online and if you’ve connected once here and there - why not invite them?

i’d also assert the best social networking applications are able to put a large number of “friends”/contacts in context - they help you find the needle in the haystack!

I can’t wait to see dynamic, organically-driven filters and views that are more on the fuzzy side - ones that begin to aggregate meta data extracted from multiple facebook apps for the purpose of matchmaking for example!

]]> By: Figuring out Facebook « methememe http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-106973 Figuring out Facebook « methememe Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:37:21 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-106973 [...] addictive than similar services that have come before it. I tend to agree with Tom Raftery when he reviewed Facebook and came to the conclusion: “The social networking aspect is like LinkedIn’s but  with the [...] [...] addictive than similar services that have come before it. I tend to agree with Tom Raftery when he reviewed Facebook and came to the conclusion: “The social networking aspect is like LinkedIn’s but  with the [...]

]]> By: James Lee http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-106546 James Lee Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:12:55 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-106546 Come to think of it, maybe it was Jobster that spam came from. Either way, I'll stick with LinkedIn and miss out on the extra social features for now! Come to think of it, maybe it was Jobster that spam came from. Either way, I’ll stick with LinkedIn and miss out on the extra social features for now!

]]> By: James Lee http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-106545 James Lee Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:08:48 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-106545 Hi Tom, Facebook has been around for ages now but I've resisted trying it out and I'm especially put off by what I've read of it lately. I've seen quite a few posts on LinkedIn Answers (I think they were under the Using LinkedIn section) from people who also have Facebook membership and complained of being spammed with invites from God knows who. I wonder if it's just US users or if anyone else here who has signed up on both suffered this? I'm still working on my LinkedIn network and think I'll stick with it for now. <code><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesleejnr"></a></code> Hi Tom,
Facebook has been around for ages now but I’ve resisted trying it out and I’m especially put off by what I’ve read of it lately. I’ve seen quite a few posts on LinkedIn Answers (I think they were under the Using LinkedIn section) from people who also have Facebook membership and complained of being spammed with invites from God knows who.
I wonder if it’s just US users or if anyone else here who has signed up on both suffered this?

I’m still working on my LinkedIn network and think I’ll stick with it for now.

]]> By: Rodney Rumford http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-106543 Rodney Rumford Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:01:08 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-106543 Tom, Facebook is indeed growing like a weed. It is far richer in functionality than linkedin and we actually published a way to get your linked in connections over to facebook. http://facereviews.com/2007/06/13/linkedin-on-facebook-at-least-there-is-a-linkedin-goup/ We publish a facebook applications rating and review site at http://www.facereviews.com Cheers, Rodney Rumford Tom,
Facebook is indeed growing like a weed. It is far richer in functionality than linkedin and we actually published a way to get your linked in connections over to facebook. http://facereviews.com/2007/06/13/linkedin-on-facebook-at-least-there-is-a-linkedin-goup/

We publish a facebook applications rating and review site at http://www.facereviews.com

Cheers,

Rodney Rumford

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-106541 Anonymous Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:58:16 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/facebook-review/#comment-106541 try virb.com seems to be taking all the myspace crowd try virb.com seems to be taking all the myspace crowd

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