How do you know when you have finally taken social networking TOO far? This evening I was checking out another social network at the urging of a business acquaintance that I met through Plaxo. He had recommended that I check out FaceBook.com and stated that he highly recommended it for business networking.
That’s when I saw it.
There is actually a group on there (and I’m sure there are other weird groups... not my point) that is centralized around someone catching and eating a raccoon.
Now, I can understand founding a group with the intention of building a list of people with common interests for business purposes. But, this guy has a list of 1500+ people that just want to see him eat a raccoon.
What business purpose does that serve? Was someone time-sharing a brain and it just wasn’t their day?
Ok, so it’s safe to say that my first impression of FaceBook is tainted. I am used to using tools such as Plaxo, LinkedIn, and of course AR. Although I do have a MySpace account, I rarely use it and when I do its more of a leisure ‘fun’ thing to do, rather than a business tool. So, I am turning to you.
How many of you use FaceBook as a business networking tool, how has it worked for you and would you recommend using it for business networking? Or ….is it just another MySpace?
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