[Fot] FOT on FACEBOOK ???

[MORDY DUNST]

Bill:

Good comments and progressive thinking.  All these social medias have some 
merit.

Interestingly, my cousin put my name on a list called GENI (geneology 
repository) where all family members are listed, with Mothers maiden name, 
contact information, and more.... What was he thinking?  He was so naive in 
thinking that this program would remind family of Birthdates, Deaths, 
Wedding anneversaries, and all dates sacred.

I have told my sons to be extrordinarily careful on the facebook as it could 
come back to bite them in ways they did not intend. Precisely for the 
reasons you mentioned. i.e. job interviews.  We have a professional life and 
a private life.

  Looking into someones personna by way of this  surrogate is not entirely 
accurate and can paint an image that may not be what you want the 
interviewer to see. I can give many examples.

 I sometimes think of facebook as a  powerful magnet and ideal mecca for 
exhibitionists and voyerism.  Personality traits that many people need - 
precisely why it is so enticing and addictive.


Like I said I joined reluctantly...
Mordy

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Babcock" <billb at bnj.com>
To: <gasket.works at gte.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] FOT on FACEBOOK ???


> Just like duct tape and "the force". All of the new ways we communicate 
> have a dark side. So did the old ones. I have a hard time understanding 
> people not wanting to participate in new technologies, it seems like an 
> early withdrawal from new experiences.  I'm not dead yet. I've been 
> playing with all these toys since they started. If facebook were a country 
> it would be the fourth largest in the world. A very high end recruiter I 
> know told me that every senior level position he or his company placed in 
> the last two years involved contacts made through LinkedIn. The easiest 
> way to coordinate any event--from meeting for lunch to rioting--is 
> twitter.  Grayson Chance's youtube video of his sixth grade talent 
> festival has 22 million views. A recording company signed him to head him 
> off from promoting his music by himself. He's certainly worth a few 
> million this evening. In the sixth grade.
>
> New world folks. Honestly, fretting about Facebook is pretty 2008.
>
>
> On May 27, 2010, at 8:45 PM, gasket.works at gte.net wrote:
>
>> My opinion is that facebook although perhaps well intentioned has a 
>> darker side that is not entirely clear to me.   This  networked and 
>> interconnected program is something I have joined very reluctantly but, 
>> in a limited way.