Its been a LONG time since i did any speed linking, so here are some good stories I’ve gathered for you from the web!
[tags]Facebook platform, Open Social, social networks[/tags]
I’ve noticed in the past couple of weeks that the networks link in Facebook’s header has been removed, at 1st I thought it was a small bug and the link will be added back soon, but I was wrong, today I find this msg in my network page:
” Network Pages will be discontinued soon
Facebook will soon be removing Network Pages from the site. Please keep this in mind when communicating with others on the Wall and on the discussion board. You can use Groups to connect with the people around you.”
Is this happening for country based networks or all networks even university based networks? my guess that its happening for all networks which is strange, considering that Facebook started on the basis of networks of universities and then countries, its a bit strange for them to take them out.
Here is a screenshot of how it looks
[tags]facebook, facebook networks[/tags]
Well here is the story, I signed up for twitter a couple of weeks ago in hopes of seeing what everyone is talking about, with all of those posts on blogs and sites like techcrunch, rev2 and Mashable I was expecting allot more than what I found!
So what did I find? a glorified Facebook status msg. or a very simple blog with some social networking abilities, its cool that you can publish news through your mobile, but lots of other sites have the same functionality to update your profile. In their explanation video on what Twitter is on their homepage, they say its a way to get to know your friends more, but cant I do that on Facebook or Myspace? those sites give me a better idea on what my friends are doing especially on Facebook and the Newsfeeds you get.
On a side note I do realize that Twitter is a strong marketing tool if used properly, it does offer you a good way of getting quick updates about your friends and colleagues, but thats just it, and that certainly doesnt deserve all the fuss that has been going around on social media blogs about it. Sorry guys but I am not a Twitter fan!
[tags]twitter, twitter sucks, social media, techcrunch, rev2, mashable[/tags]
