Comments on: Online community or communities?

By: Eve

Eve — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:24:57 +0000

Gavin – I can understand being on the fence. I was on the fence re: joining Facebook at all for similar reasons. However, I succumbed to peer pressure of close friends still living up north, and will probably make my profile less “hidden” based on one of the latest features in Facebook that allows you to “categorize” friends and determine who can see what on your profile. Link to how I found out about this new feature: http://www.alcoa.com/con_electronics/en/ces_blog08.asp

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:21:45 +0000

Good stuff GBake! I like your thoughts on this. LA and I had a talk the other day about My-Space, which she got off of, but we decided to make a new account together to only communicate with family and a few select friends that we “actually stay in touch with.” I am challenged to do the same with Facebook now. As far as minimizing to people I actually stay in touch with. I am like you though, that I am on the fence still. Let me know if you decide to get off the fence one way or another!

As far as a “unified online presence” from a marketing standpoint, I think it is the basics of marketing (because that is all I know!) to be aware of your audience and focused on the message you are delivering to them by whatever method of communication that may be. Your catch-phrase also makes me think of the word consistency. Is our identity across the different communities consistent, whether we are an individual or a brand? Even if we are sending a different message to a different audience, is our foundation of identity and integrity the same? … Jumbled thoughts from a simple mind… take them for what they are?

By: Gavin

Gavin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:45:18 +0000

Yes Tosh is an oracle.

Scott I’m with you. Facebook is nuts and while it has its place I’m honestly not sure what it is. Let me know if you start defriending and how it goes.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:45:24 +0000

The timing of this post is interesting. The other day when I logged on Facebook I noticed the number of friends I had, and thought about how many I actually talk to and keep in touch with. I could live without seeing what some people say, or pictures they post. A large percentage of the time when I am on Facebook, I am just snooping around, looking at profiles, images ect. of people I dont even talk to. So basically I am just wasting time.
I wonder if you did delete, or de-friend people you have not talked to in the past month, if they would send you a friend request. I wonder how many would care.
Just a thought. Maybe I will try.

By: reed

reed — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:14:54 +0000

Tosh…wise beyond his years