Jul 22, 2007
>>Join Us On Facebook
It’s been pretty difficult not to have noticed the stampede of people joining Facebook.
The ‘it’ social network of today has featured strongly in the blogosphere lately, first because it opened its doors to everyone, and then opened itself to third-party developers.
All this is a pretty remarkable turnaround (at least in perception terms) for a company that many had written off only a year ago, when 23-year old Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reportedly rejected a $1bn offer from Yahoo!. As a result of the recent upsurge in consumer interest, it could be worth many times that.
Anyway, enough of the background, which I’m sure many of you smart readers are already aware of. Well, having tried Linked In to connect with ResearchTalk participants as well as other interesting folk out there, and not having been over impressed with its community features, we’ve decided to jump on the Facebook bandwagon. That’s right, much to our chagrin, we’re following the herd.
And unlike some groups on Facebook, everyone, but everyone is welcome to join the ResearchTalk group on Facebook. Because we’re an inclusive bunch (not that there’s any sour grapes from being excluded, for some unknown reason, from the Research Mag group, despite our widespread admiration for what they do).
Joining Facebook is very, very easy. And joining our group even easier. So give it a try. You never know, something wonderful may happen. We’ve already heard quite a few accounts of how, over the past year, ResearchTalk has helped shape ideas, strategies, business partnerships, recruitment and generally brought like-minded, smart and often very senior people together. The ResearchTalk group on Facebook takes this one stage further, so help us help you. It should be fun.
And in the furtherance of our pluralistic agenda, we’ll shortly post about other groups (and podcasts, blogs, etc.) that we recommend you subscribe to, or at least check out.
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