As I’ve been trying to keep up my own education on social media platforms, capabilities, and everything else on the Web that allows people to communicate and come to consensus, I can’t seem to escape the excellent writing of Dave…

Since we’re in social networking, we have to use social networks to promote ourselves, right? I was reading about various strategies to promote a blog. And found an amazing article by Dave McClure.
In short, Dave recommends the following seven st…

Speaking of the social networking phenomena and the various voices that are echoing these thoughts, it’s interesting that the next couple of days will see the first Graphing Social Patterns’ conference in San Jose, hosted by my good friend …

I found this article to be a good introduction for businesses who are running late for the Facebook boat and still think it’s ‘just a social thing’, so thanks

PS While I’m no fan of facial hair for practical reasons (faceburn!) I think the stubble looks good on you, Dave. They’re just jealous cos they can’t grow any yet.

learn to steal material and get mentored by kissing butt http://foundread.com/2007/09/0.....t-mentored

I have no idea if it can really be turned into a tool for commerce, but one thing’s clear: Facebook is evolving rapidly, and has already extended far beyond the initial high school application.

And I can’t think of a bigger waste of time than posting comments that say, “just looking at this article made me vomit in my mouth a little bit,” or “Sink your teeth into my juicy turd.” Your time would definitely be better spent if you were wasting it on Facebook, practicing your social skills perhaps.

Google, on the other hand, penetrates the ENTIRE Internet .. They get themselves invited, vampirically, into the lives under many-a-roof

One is omni-present, the other monolithic.. Both are fascinating

This was the program’s original mission, and I can testify that it works wonderfully, and keeps on working, over the past 18 months.

It might even work for some of the rude juveniles who have commented in this thread. Because no matter how much of an a*****e you are, somewhere in the world there is a member of the opposite sex that is equally an a*****e. And I sincerely hope the brain-dead rude boys in this thread find their mate and leave the rest of us alone.

I’ve used Facebook to 1) get a subleaser, 2) form real-world political organizations, 3) find lodging while traveling, 4) get a job, 5) organize parties, 6) organize fundraisers, 7) win contests, send birthday wishes, 9) find long-lost friends, 10) keep in touch with people around the world, met in real life or just on Facebook.

What this DOES, if it does anything at all, is flatten the world, so that I can see my personal network spread across it. If I want to go somewhere, I just see who I know in that network, write on their wall, and reserve myself a spot on their couch.

And in a way, it’s sort of flatted time, also, because nobody has to be left behind anymore, and nobody ever goes away. A friend of mine who died a year ago still has a profile up.

As for the rest of it, I read the first few sections of the article but stopped after I got uninterested. It was much too much to read about a site that I don’t use and never will use.
And for the record, no I am not some MySpace fan boy, I don’t use that site either (Though I think I might have an account on it that I logged into maybe twice, a few years ago… nobody’s perfect.)

a) will fb ever make the leap from social platform to commerce platform
b) which fb apps are most and least successful to date, why, and how will this change
c) what is Google planning to launch in the first week of November and how will this change the game
d) what demographic/psychographic information is available on the 40plus million fb users, and how is that changing/growing

Now THAT would be a great post.

Ignorance, fear, arrogance and ADHD have all come to call.

Have faith, there are lots of people, especially over the age of 35, who could use a primer on Facebook and online social networking in general.

The networking benefit alone is worth the brainpower required to jump in and be counted.

Don