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Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Nov-21-2007 01:56:

Facebook???

Would anybody recommend it??

There are a lot of generic friendster/myspace sites out there...

Is facebook worth the time and energy???

especially for promo stuff??

Posted by CrazedOut on Nov-21-2007 02:18:

For promotions probably not, it's not a spam disaster like myspace

Posted by Miss Julia on Nov-21-2007 04:19:

Ya, if you're planning on going there to promote, I don't recommend it. It's strictly to keep in touch with friends, and there aren't that many wacko fake profiles & people on there. I'm on there cuz most of my Canadian friends are on there.

Posted by mar46017 on Nov-21-2007 04:23:

Actually if you are going to spend the time to set up events and message your guests. It can be a production tool for promotions.

Add me: Mike Rabban

Posted by R!CH on Nov-21-2007 04:52:

i was convinced to start a facebook a while back. other than keeping in touch with a tiny percentage of friends who just refuse to use myspace, i never even use it. i hate the format of the site and how everything on there is geared towards teenagers looking for ways to waste time, ie: pokes, gifts, drinks, invites, requests, quizzes, newsfeeds on how fast i'm breathing at the moment, etc. myspace seems to be the king of social networks and self promotion. everything on there has a purpose is and is to the point and from a marketing/promotional standpoint, your profile is an open palette, not a rigid cookie-cutter template of uniformity.

Posted by verndogs on Nov-21-2007 04:58:

quote:
Originally posted by R!CH
your profile is an open palette, not a rigid cookie-cutter template of uniformity.

rigid cookie-cutter template?!?!?!? have you been on facebook lately and noticed the hundreds of facebook apps there?

Posted by R!CH on Nov-21-2007 05:06:

quote:
Originally posted by verndogs
rigid cookie-cutter template?!?!?!? have you been on facebook lately and noticed the hundreds of facebook apps there?

yeah they are all extrordinary wastes of time and fit nicely into the rigid template.

Posted by skell on Nov-21-2007 05:09:

Facebook == Web 2.5

I'm a little biased since that is my (true) niche industry. But I would say hell yeah. You're missing out without it! ;P

Posted by skell on Nov-21-2007 05:18:

quote:
Originally posted by R!CH
i was convinced to start a facebook a while back. other than keeping in touch with a tiny percentage of friends who just refuse to use myspace, i never even use it. i hate the format of the site and how everything on there is geared towards teenagers looking for ways to waste time, ie: pokes, gifts, drinks, invites, requests, quizzes, newsfeeds on how fast i'm breathing at the moment, etc. myspace seems to be the king of social networks and self promotion. everything on there has a purpose is and is to the point and from a marketing/promotional standpoint, your profile is an open palette, not a rigid cookie-cutter template of uniformity.

Believe it or not, if you keep the lamos and kiddies off your profile, you can have a very productive social networking tool. The networks alone are priceless. Google has 7,000+ of its employees on there. It'll be interesting to see, but I think Facebook could eliminate Linked-In in a matter of months if they keep beefing up their network structure the way I'm hearing.

For professionals, I think Facebook is an excellent tool. No other social network offers you such a diverse feed as to what your contacts are doing (and yes, you can eliminate the vampire/zombie, blah, blah, etc crap).

And for the youngins, it's a fun little playground for hooking up and adding silly little (money-making $$$) apps to their profile.

I have to give major props to their API. It's phenomenal. But it'll be interesting to see if they cave in to Google's Open-Social standards. Right now Mark Zuckerberg and company seem to be playing their cards right. I mean, how many other companies out there can sucker Microsoft into paying $250 MILLION for just 1.5% of their company.

Props, major props. ;]

Posted by gerard6975 on Nov-21-2007 07:25:

man, i'm just waiting for it to go IPO

Posted by rizo on Nov-21-2007 07:30:

i personally like http://going.com/ although like facebook i rarely use it. just to many social networking sites w/ to little time.

Posted by Andrieux on Nov-21-2007 09:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Miss Julia
most of my Canadian friends are on there.

+1

quote:
Originally posted by R!CH
other than keeping in touch with a tiny percentage of friends who just refuse to use myspace, i never even use it.

+1

Posted by skell on Nov-21-2007 15:41:

quote:
Originally posted by gerard6975
man, i'm just waiting for it to go IPO

haha, don't hold your breath there. now that they have a lot of cash, it could be years before they go IPO, if ever. i'd just keep cashing out small percentages of the company for hundreds of millions.

Posted by |Thrax| on Nov-21-2007 16:23:

Targeted advertising, that's all I have to say..

fuck zombies and pirates and ninjas.

Facebook is not meant to be taken over by spammers and weekly promotions garbage, its for keeping in touch and it's also a way for real companies to share with a real audience. Not 16 year old's that love lil' john and the eastside boys.

Like Rob said, look how many companies are on board.

We are striking a deal with facebook as well. (Sony)

read this:

http://www.doshdosh.com/the-importance-of-social-media-marketing/

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Nov-24-2007 01:15:

quote:
Originally posted by |Thrax|
Targeted advertising, that's all I have to say..

fuck zombies and pirates and ninjas.

Facebook is not meant to be taken over by spammers and weekly promotions garbage, its for keeping in touch and it's also a way for real companies to share with a real audience. Not 16 year old's that love lil' john and the eastside boys.

Like Rob said, look how many companies are on board.

We are striking a deal with facebook as well. (Sony)

read this:

http://www.doshdosh.com/the-importa...edia-marketing/

so chris... you guys hiring???

Posted by 72hrpartyanimal on Nov-24-2007 01:16:

thanks for the info...

when i get time... i'll create an account...

Mikey... i'll be sure to add you...

but NOT Julia...

i can smell her stank-ness through myspace!

Posted by gerard6975 on Nov-24-2007 04:31:

quote:
Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal

but NOT Julia...

i can smell her stank-ness through myspace!

ROFL

Posted by PaulCky411 on Nov-24-2007 13:02:

i think facebook is actually decent when u compare it to other social networking sites out there... just make sure you play w/ the privacy settings unless you want everyone in the world to be able to see you and your stupid drunken pics from 1997

Posted by skell on May-09-2008 18:49:

*resurrection*

Just wanted to bump this thread for those who are on Facebook but haven't joined our TA group yet. Do it now!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5996756938

Posted by |Thrax| on May-09-2008 18:54:

that made me think of:

[Peter, Michael & Samir are trying to figure out how to launder money]
Peter Gibbons: I cannot believe what a bunch of losers we are. We're looking up "money laundering" in the dictionary!

[Drunk, singing]
Samir: Back up in your ass with the resurrection.

Posted by able.h on May-09-2008 19:33:

Posted by nima86 on May-09-2008 19:40:

Facebook>>>>>>>>>>Myspace

Posted by mar46017 on May-09-2008 19:52:

quote:
Originally posted by skizzell
*resurrection*

I knew something looked weird.

Posted by DJ Reese on May-09-2008 20:22:

Facebook is a must. It's funny cause I just really started working on mine yesterday and was going to post a thread asking people about it. Get out of my head Billy!!!

Posted by TSG on May-09-2008 21:36:

Facebook makes you feel 14 yrs young again.

I don't care for it.

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