[IP] re Facebook

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: SJ Manning <sjmanning@fymc.com>
Date: December 21, 2009 2:08:44 PM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] re Facebook
Reply-To: sjmanning@fymc.com

Hello Dave.

For IP if you wish.

Two thoughts on social networking...  beyond my amazement of this cataclysmic game changer in interpersonal relationships.  I [reluctantly] admit to know otherwise seemingly "normal" people who live on Facebook.  It is there where they essentially aggregate their lives.  Including the active communication with their spouses and children. 

I chose my words with purpose.  I "know" them rather than have them as friends.  Real or pathetically imagined ones.

First a definition  - not original but apropos.:  More often than not, social networking communities are a pathetic attempt to fulfill the needs of the inter-socially challenged.  People fearful of face-to-face communication.'

Second....  In our agency business, another agency head asked us to pre-pay for some media we were securing for a client.  Of course, we said a very resounding NO to that young man, who was new to us and we had never heard of him.  They asked because "[they] needed the money now" rather then in due course of business.  One of my people gave me some background on him, which included a significant presence on Facebook. 

In a moment of great lucidity and relying on our very significant presence in and knowledge of the online space, I suggested to my guy that the other "dude" reach out to his 698 friends and hit them up for a loan.  Just before calling on family,  both those who like and hate him.

The truth, Dave, is that I have only one issue with Facebook:  I did not invent it!

Best regards.

Steve.

David Farber wrote:

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From: George Barnett <george@alink.co.za>

Date: December 19, 2009 6:24:00 PM EST

To: dave@farber.net

Subject: Re: [IP] re Facebook

Dr Farber,

I'm not certain the accounts are even deleted correctly.  A colleague recently wrote about his experiences with Facebook and in order to check some facts, re-created a Facebook account (after deleting it).  The article is a great read, but the last line it the real kicker.

http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-killed-myself-on-facebook-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale/

George

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