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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
I really don't understand the general animosity some people have toward Facebook. It is what you make of it. As cynthetiq points out, you can group people and set different privacy restrictions for each group, and you can give specific individuals certain privacy restrictions as well. As for what information is available, that depends entirely on what you put out there. That said, do I really care if someone finds out I ate at XOCO the other night and recommend it to others? No, no I don't.
LinkedIn, as much as I wish it were useful, sucks. In my perfect world, Facebook would be strictly social, and LinkedIn would be strictly business. The reality is, Facebook is mostly social and some business, while LinkedIn wishes it were business and is now trying to be more social to convince people to bother using it.
Facebook is just a new communications tool. You still choose who you communicate with. Don't like being inundated with Joe Schmo playing Farmville the whole time? Block Farmville updates from your newsfeed. Don't like seeing Jane Smith's constant updates? Block her, or tell the newsfeed to show you less of her. Worried about not getting a job because you're an atheist who eats babies? Don't fill out the religion part or post pictures of you eating babies - or at least restrict access to that information only to the groups of people you know are accepting of your baby-eating god-hating inclinations.
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I have one cousin that plays every single game. I'm glad that she finds "fun" in doing so. I use that to my advantage because I hide all the apps on my wall. This way I don't see my other friends who decide they want to play "Which Muppet Are You?"
I can't believe how often someone passes out production work needs on facebook. It does not happen on LinkedIn.
Sometimes I see stuff like: "Production starting, need PAs". "Anyone know of a spanish speaking producer in Las Vegas?" " "Need senior coodinator for show" "Need seat fillers for awards show"
I don't see crap in LinkedIn in the same manner. Usually it's a tool that people use to social climb and get introduced to people. At least that's my experience with it.
And as far as networking a business on FB. It's been a real easy thing to do for a friend and his restaurant, I'm working on another friend's restaurant marketing and doing all the social networking angles too. It's rather amazing to see the marketing at work and know that it's somewhat working in building a precense versus putting stuff out there in print, and not knowing what happens to it at all.
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