I love having it separate. I have LinkedIn setup with all my friends from work and corporate buddies, but my facebook can be a little more “me”. I know perfectly well that my boss can find me on Facebook and my blog, etc. But there is something weird about asking your boss to be your friend on Facebook or MySpace. On LinkedIn, it makes total sense.
I still associate Facebook with the typical MySpace user, specifically high schoolers whoring themselves to get as many “friends” as humanly possible. I know it’s not a fair association, but I can’t help it.
I avoid both MySpace and Facebook for the exact same reason: a 40+ year old on either runs a high likelihood of being viewed as a pedophile. So no Facebook for me, at least until I’m made aware of a major shift in demographics. I’m LinkedIn all the way until further notice.
Tangentially related: NPR’s “On The Media” had an interesting piece on the differences between MySpace users and Facebook users. It boiled down to how, despite our ability to be whoever we want to be in our online persona, social networking sites tend to reinforce socio-economic class structure.
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I love having it separate. I have LinkedIn setup with all my friends from work and corporate buddies, but my facebook can be a little more “me”. I know perfectly well that my boss can find me on Facebook and my blog, etc. But there is something weird about asking your boss to be your friend on Facebook or MySpace. On LinkedIn, it makes total sense.
I still associate Facebook with the typical MySpace user, specifically high schoolers whoring themselves to get as many “friends” as humanly possible. I know it’s not a fair association, but I can’t help it.
I avoid both MySpace and Facebook for the exact same reason: a 40+ year old on either runs a high likelihood of being viewed as a pedophile. So no Facebook for me, at least until I’m made aware of a major shift in demographics. I’m LinkedIn all the way until further notice.
Tangentially related: NPR’s “On The Media” had an interesting piece on the differences between MySpace users and Facebook users. It boiled down to how, despite our ability to be whoever we want to be in our online persona, social networking sites tend to reinforce socio-economic class structure.
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