the NeoCommunicator» Social Networks

I used to be a fan of Facebook, now I just like it.

Jeff — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:33:05 +0000

Oh Facebook, what have you done now. In case you haven’t logged in recently, FB just launched a new feature called Community Pages. The intent is that these pages would be a collection of info on a given topic, like cooking, or kayaking. Sounds good, right? It is, however they made a major switch to do this. There are no more “fans”, you can only “like” a page. The repercussions of this change run deep, so let’s explore the complications this presents to you and your brand.

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Post tags: community pages, facebook, fans, Likes

Twitter is down… Has the world stopped spinning?

Jeff — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:40:12 +0000

It’s 10am EST and Twitter has been down since about 9:15 or so. What is one to do? Surely Facebook will be the natural alternative, but who wants to limit their pondering to just one social networking outlet?

By coincidence, I was just reading a post on Read Write Web on the potential dangers od cloud computing. How many businesses suffer when the king of 140 characters goes down? Would anyone care if MySpace went down?

These are the questions of our times. A highly-aware society with our fingers on the pulse of the news. We can’t wait for any offical confirmation. If it comes up as a trending topic on Twitter, it must be true! Now, we have to wallow in the alternative universe of actual news sites… What are we? Barbarians?

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Post tags: Cloud Computing, Social Media, Social Media / Networking, twitter

The reality of Social Media … people suck

Jeff — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:40:59 +0000

Last week Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails (NIN) frontman, gave up on Twitter. Reznor is active in the online community and has also just released a NIN iPhone app. Reznor said on his online forum: “I will be tuning out of the social networking sites because at the end of the day it’s now doing more harm than good in the bigger picture and the experiment seems to have yielded a result. Idiots rule.”

Only a few days earlier, Twilight author Stephanie Meyer pulled down her MySpace page. She posted a comment on her website and mentioned: “Many of you are hilarious and insightful, and I wish it was easier for me to talk to everyone the way I used to.” Stephanie also made a point of saying: “I don’t do twitter. So if you’re communicating with someone online that you think is me, it’s not.”

So what happened? Why are these two prominent social figures abandoning innovative communication channels? The answer: People suck.

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