FaceBook as the intranet part 2
I was asked a question by a non tech savvy friend: “is facebook a passing fad?”
Personally, I do not think that online social networking is a passing fad. What I am sure about is that some of the inane applications on facebook will be a passing fad. Applications like “X me” and “Send a drink” are absolutely non-beneficial to the community. X me is an application where you can perform a selected action on your friends like “wave”, “kiss”, “slap”, “lick” and so on. Send a drink is a application where you can send drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) to your friends.Seriously, I would love to catch up with my friends online and have a chat and share photos but if I want to wave to them or buy them a drink, I rather do it in person.
I believe Facebook is evolving. Soon applications would surface where people can conduct some form of transaction online. For example, network gaming between friends, buying wishlist items when your friends birthday is coming up, understanding the individual consumer via the data posted on Facebook and recommending items to buy and displaying information from other sites. Technically and fundamentally, the idea of facebook is very powerful. With the wide variety of applications, anything can happen and at the same time you are interacting with friends.
However, everyone wants to be quiet and alone once in a while and especially when you are working. You have tasks to complete and deadlines to adhere to. You have no time to check out what is the latest “Hi, how is it going” message sent from a friend 3000 miles away or a colleague who is 2 cubicles away. Its not urgent and you can reply that at a later stage.
What we need at work is information when we request for it, real time collaboration between staff members across various office locations and any sort of assistance that can make our work more efficient and more effective.
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