Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Is facebook good networking?

Everyone knows about facebook. We use it to keep in touch with old friends, and become more aquainted with new ones. Are you really making connections though, or are you just making friends?

If you compare facebook to sites such as Linkedin or Twitter, there are vast differences between the two. Facebook is a site where someone could learn everything about you from what you post, as well as see all the pictures that have been posted.

Linkedin, on the other hand, keeps things more professional by letting you post past work history as well as current projects. In addition, when you add someone on Linkedin, it is someone that you will probably end up talking to again at some point, rather then adding that new individual you met last night at the bar.

So what do you think? Could facebook be an acceptable, respectable networking site, or is it meant to just connect you to friends?

-Zach Johnson

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