We need to talk about Friends, Fans, “Likers”, Connectors and Followers: “friends” online can be different from the traditional, offline concept
Des Walsh May 14, 2010
I Blame Facebook for Debasing the Language of Friendship and Practice of Networking
Filed Under: Social Networks Tagged With: Facebook, fans, followers, friends, LinkedIn, Social networking, Twitter
Des Walsh July 17, 2009
Notifying Facebook Friends About My New Page
Tweet I’ve been having an interesting time – for “interesting” read “time-consuming and frustrating but I hope it’s worth it” – working out how to communicate a particular message to friends on Facebook. For experienced Facebook users what I’ve learned the hard way will probably seem terribly obvious, but someone might find some value in [...]
Filed Under: Social Media, Social Networks, Web 2.0 Tagged With: Facebook, fan page, friends
Des Walsh August 16, 2007
Would You Accept Freddi Stauer’s Friend Invitation on Facebook?
Tweet Watching some morning television today – my excuse, still recuperating – I was somewhat irritated by the level of a discussion about Facebook. One panelist earned the jibe “showing your age” for expressing some hesitation about putting personal details on Facebook. You can choose who gets access to your information, he was told. Well, [...]
Filed Under: General, Social Media, Social Networks, Web 2.0 Tagged With: DEMOLetter, Facebook, Freddi Stauer, friends, identity, Keith Shaw, managing digital identity, Sophos, Spock.com, Zoominfo