Facebook, the social network that once upon a time required a school email address to join, is becoming the communications app of the moment. And not just for young folks, either.
A lot of businesspeople, big-time bloggers and others are headed to Facebook. Why? Its open API — and the applications being developed for Facebook — are transforming it into a truly useful social network. Blogger Jeff Pulver says he’s migrating from LinkedIn to Facebook:
This morning I made the decision to focus all of my professional business social networking contacts to be on Facebook. That means that I am no longer going to accept new LinkedIn requests. After spending the past few months using Facebook, I no longer see the value of LinkedIn. Why use a static site where the fun stops at the profile when there is a wealth of opportunity for vibrant interaction between users and groups of users on Facebook? And since I come from the world where — œan introduction is an endorsement — I wasn’t all that helpful most of the time when someone was trying to use me to connect to someone else on LinkedIn.
I have to agree with Jeff here. I’ve always thought LinkedIn was only part social network. You can create a large group of connections. But then what? There’s no way to interact as a group. So it’s really just a fancy address book, like Plaxo.
MySpace on the other hand seems to have had its 15 minutes. All I ever get there anymore are spam friend requests.
The point for communicators? Facebook is where everyone seems to be headed — all the “eyeballs” — so we’d better all be there. In fact, Robert Scoble, a key tech blogger, recently said that PR pitches are best sent to him via his Facebook wall:
And now we have a new way for PR people to let me know about their apps. Write it on the wall please. Facebook: the new press release.
Well, gotta run. Time to check my Facebook…
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farrell,
yeah facebook and other similar apps. are the changing face of businesses. take my example i came to your website via one of the facebook groups on newmedia.
the power of Facebook and its potential is awesome
we’ve to explore and maximize its benefits !
i was trying to get in touch with ya via skype although the contact page directed me to a submission form
Facebook really is something special. I’m enjoying it more than any other network I belong to, and am meeting and reconnecting with great people.
FYI, I just sent you a Skype contact request, so you can find me there anytime.
Tx,
Just added ya.
Farrell, another aspect of socializing and networking with facebook is so many interesting blogs to be added to blogroll. Your blog is one such example would soon go up in my blogroll
Here’s another sign of Facebook’s evolution into a tool for making professional connections, from a Business Week article out today.
Interesting, Sharon.
Thanks for the heads up.
Very good article. I was recently blogging on The Netflix Prize, which deals with the quality of the recommendation. However, conclusions are drawn primarily off of user ratings. People don’t seem to bother rating on facebook, I know I don’t. I wonder what correlations exist there.