I'm not a technophobe, really not! But a new-found old friend accused me of being exactly that.
I've been on LinkedIn for a couple of years, belong to several other networks (love ning.com for really instant networking); got on, then off MySpace. Facebook was my major holdout.
I'd been avoiding fb because 1) it felt a little "young" and 2) never-ending reports of security concerns made me pretty wary in these days of identity theft. I had an fb account, but never used it.
OK, so the "young" comment makes me a marked man -- you can probably see the scarlet letter ("O" as in Over 30) on me. But I don't feel I need to drink Red Bull every day, either.
Until last week, when a former colleague tracked me down, invited me to become a friend, and then proceeded to throw the anti-technology comment at me. Me, of all people!
So here's the dilemma -- do I really belong on Facebook because people say I should be there? Should I just let it go, and stick to regular email to keep track of people? Is it really the future of communicating, or just tomorrow's trivia?
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Facebook & me: BFF or just a fling?
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Come on in. The water is fine!
I suggest you do give Facebook your attention. The "O's" like yourself and the older "O's" like me are part of the fastest growing (on a percentage basis) demographic on FB.
I think you will find it very easy to increase your privacy settings for specific content and you can be very selective in who you accept as friends. I tend to ignore the gifts, snowballs, causes, waves, etc - all that ask for access to your profile info but give little value in return.
It is a great tool for sharing news about yourself, family or work objectives like sales and recruiting. Be sure to search and join groups and fan pages in topics of interest or those related to your goals for joining FB.
I'll be looking forward to reading your thoughts on how it goes here on 3Gen.
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