Does Social Networking Suck?
I’ve been online for quite a long time now…16 years or so in one way or another. So I go back way before the current iteration of online social networking existed. Yes, I’m probably dating myself by saying this but there it is: I’m a bit of an old salt as far as the online world goes at this point.I’ve been managing forums, chat, etc. for what seems like forever; online communities became a part of my life ages ago.
The real action and growth in online communities today is in social networking though, not forums. The recent explosion in social networking sites has made discussion forums seem like quaint relics of a bygone age.
Sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn have attracted millions of people and become extremely hot commodities. Companies like Microsoft have even lined up to buy into a piece of the social networking action with hefty investments.
But is it all it’s cracked up to be? And is it for everybody?
I have to confess that the social networking thing left me cold initially. Call me “the reluctant social networker” or whatever. I just felt like it was much ado about nothing when I first saw it happen.
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