Why should we care? One reason is because of the "connections" to jobs and other useful information social networks can provide that I wasn't aware of.
I enjoyed this quote--"Do we really need to know when someone we’ve never even met chooses Burger King over McDonald’s or decides he’s going to read a newspaper? Are we really that interested in the excruciating minutiae of everyone’s day?" It is referring to Twitter but that is how I feel about a lot of the social networks.
I have appreciated hearing from old friends through Facebook but there seems to be a lot of "inside" stuff about other people's life that, frankly, I don't care to wade through. I have real "live" people to socialize with--more than I can handle in a busy life with two p/t jobs, three teenagers, volunteering, etc.
I'm thinking Facebook and subject specific blogs are the way to go for libraries. In the Facebook vs. My Space comparison, I preferred the Facebook version. That may just be because I am more familiar with it.
I picked some libraries and authors to "follow" on Twitter. Now I have to figure out how to put them as an RSS feed on igoogle. Otherwise, I could spend all day going from one networking site to another reading all this stuff.
Information overload. ARGHHHHH!!!!
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