Comments on: The Social Network Identity Crisis http://blog.pr-vantage.com/2009/06/01/the-social-network-indentity-crisis Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:53:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: It starts..again.. | b r a n t s http://blog.pr-vantage.com/2009/06/01/the-social-network-indentity-crisis/comment-page-1#comment-740 It starts..again.. | b r a n t s Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:41:52 +0000 http://blog.pr-vantage.com/?p=1527#comment-740 [...] about LinkedIn’s attempts to be like Facebook, which thankfully didn’t develop much. This article compares LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, and their overlap. Friendfeed is another unique character [...] [...] about LinkedIn’s attempts to be like Facebook, which thankfully didn’t develop much. This article compares LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, and their overlap. Friendfeed is another unique character [...]

]]> By: Barbara Bix http://blog.pr-vantage.com/2009/06/01/the-social-network-indentity-crisis/comment-page-1#comment-733 Barbara Bix Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:07:55 +0000 http://blog.pr-vantage.com/?p=1527#comment-733 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I don't think a platform loses its identity by copying the best features of another platform. After all, not everyone uses all the platforms--and why not give people a platform that meets all their communication needs? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I don’t think a platform loses its identity by copying the best features of another platform. After all, not everyone uses all the platforms–and why not give people a platform that meets all their communication needs?

]]> By: Radler http://blog.pr-vantage.com/2009/06/01/the-social-network-indentity-crisis/comment-page-1#comment-720 Radler Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:03:21 +0000 http://blog.pr-vantage.com/?p=1527#comment-720 Great points. With respect to Facebook and LinkedIn for business, I think that they both have value. LinkedIn is more transactional. Facebook is about developing deeper relationships with certain people. So you don't necessarily see the immediate cause and effect. Great points. With respect to Facebook and LinkedIn for business, I think that they both have value. LinkedIn is more transactional. Facebook is about developing deeper relationships with certain people. So you don’t necessarily see the immediate cause and effect.

]]> By: Charles Andres http://blog.pr-vantage.com/2009/06/01/the-social-network-indentity-crisis/comment-page-1#comment-718 Charles Andres Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:20:55 +0000 http://blog.pr-vantage.com/?p=1527#comment-718 +1. From a professional contact viewpoint, Facebook is far less useful than LinkedIn. (now that LinkedIn has discussion groups ;-) For monitoring the world and what's happening in the industry, Twitter is the most useful -- efficient to scan, and if you follow the right people, quality timely content links are plentiful. Tweetdeck and Twendz help sort the spew. Facebook is useful for keeping track of who you know as friends, but since everything on the Internet is public to the world, there is a limit to what can be discussed. Defacto rules of etiquette are already evolving: Milestones, moments of personal joy and pain are OK. Controversial topics (religion, politics, embarassing personal behavior) are not, except when world events become part of public discourse. Make no mistake, the interactive web is a much richer, more transparent place. The purity of the original business models makes these tools great. Mashing them can optionally (and should optimally) be done somewhere else. Now if only we had a login scheme free of the endless digital baptism routine to make visiting all these places easy... ;-) +1.

From a professional contact viewpoint, Facebook is far less useful than LinkedIn. (now that LinkedIn has discussion groups ;-)

For monitoring the world and what’s happening in the industry, Twitter is the most useful — efficient to scan, and if you follow the right people, quality timely content links are plentiful. Tweetdeck and Twendz help sort the spew.

Facebook is useful for keeping track of who you know as friends, but since everything on the Internet is public to the world, there is a limit to what can be discussed. Defacto rules of etiquette are already evolving: Milestones, moments of personal joy and pain are OK. Controversial topics (religion, politics, embarassing personal behavior) are not, except when world events become part of public discourse.

Make no mistake, the interactive web is a much richer, more transparent place. The purity of the original business models makes these tools great.

Mashing them can optionally (and should optimally) be done somewhere else.

Now if only we had a login scheme free of the endless digital baptism routine to make visiting all these places easy… ;-)

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