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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
In the wake of a stunning report that Toronto leads the world in FaceBook membership (we're as proud as Brazil is for leading the Orkut race), I've heard many fully-grown friends talking about a sudden uptick in their FaceBook usage. Old friends contacting them, etc.
As part of that discussion, usually someone will chime in with "I hate LinkedIn." Various reasons are given about cheesy insurance salesmen types trying to ride on one's coattails or intrude on one's "business privacy."
Meanwhile though the same folks are proudly talking about FaceBook.
I think I see what's going on here. 45 is the new 22. Isn't it!?!? Please say it is!!??
(The population is aging, after all. If a lot more people are turning 70 and 80, young is, well, a lot of people under 50. Just the other day, a neighbor announced that she thought I was an "angry, frustrated young man" for a minor jolt I gave to my own fence while parking my car. I was flattered!)
God forbid anyone be seen to be actively networking or doing their job. Talk about a dork-fest!
But being on FaceBook - this will be cool, for another 38 weeks.
One famous graybeard in the blogosphere actually announced that he couldn't use LinkedIn in his company because he'd be "made fun of". Self-esteem issues?!?
Personally, I don't hate Linked In. But that's because I'm not under the impression that the tools I use for business define me. Although I will grant you, I'm definitely not sending people emails from an AOL address using large, orange fonts.Labels: facebook, linkedin
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Andrew Goodman
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