Why is everybody so enthusiastic?
I really don’t get it. I’m probably already way to old but I simply don’t understand the excitement about online social networks. I was tempted few years ago and opened an account in LinkedIn, and since than my only activity is to approve occasional contact. All my contacts are people I knew before, and my relationships with them isn’t based on anything in LinkedIn. I never joined another social network, and I have very little desire to try facebook. Here is my, completely personal, impression - there is nothing social in online social networks. Those people who knew how to network before still know how to network now, and those who didn’t (me included) still don’t know how to network now. I guess that when the hype will comedown, most people will realize that they have better things to do than be informed about the whereabouts of their contacts constantly.
And don’t let me start with twitter…
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Rogel @ September 20, 2007
Well…the big deal with facebook si that you can write your own apps for it, which you can then use to drive traffic, build backlinks, etc.
Twitter…I don’t get.
It is somewhat sad that we identify traffic with social interaction. I'm probably an old fashion person, but I wouldn't want to replace my old habits of social interactions (like visiting friends, camping, drinking beer and million other versions) with the faceless traffic replacement.
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