I could not understand all the hype about social networking sites, with everyone going on about how important they were, how they were growing so fast, etc, etc.But then I had not tried it out at that stage.
After some good advice one day when a very wise person urged me not to comment until I tried it, I took the plunge and signed up with facebook.
I really have one word to say in relation to my experience. ADDICTIVE! I had a quick look around and quickly found a few friends that I had not heard from in a long time. All of a sudden we were emailing and meeting up for coffee. I had added some apps and had a little site created in no time. I must say Im not sure where superpoking was going but I tried it anyway and got a sheep hurled right back at me. Interesting!
However on a more serious note I found a few interesting things going on. Co-creation, I really took control and built my own little site in minutes. Networking, I got a few friends and was up and running in no time. Convergence, this was perhaps the most interesting part. I downloaded a little app on my blackberry and I was updating facebook from everywhere. And I mean everywhere!
I think I may not have developed the same interest in the site if I had not got the little facebook icon appearing on the top corner of my blackberry screen telling me that someone somewhere in the world has sent me a mail or written on my wall. Cool!
Probably the greatest learning for me is the only way to understand facebook, linkedin, bebo or whatever, is to stop talking and start doing. As Kevin Kelly says if you are going to climb a mountain dont talk to someone who has not climbed one already. Or in my case just climb a little one first!
See you on facebook! And watch out for the sheep!
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