Bloggers and Facebook

By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 05:53:56 PM EST
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Last year it seems to me MySpace was big. This seems to be the year for bloggers and Facebook.

Firedoglake has over 700 members. Christy has figured out how to put up her own page. Jane has one too.

Digby has a group. So does Yearly Kos.

They have inspired me to spend an absurd amount of time today updating the TalkLeft page and TalkLeft Group on Facebook. I haven't created a separate page for me, and instead put my stuff on the TalkLeft page.

As of now TalkLeft has only 17 friends and the TalkLeft group has only 8 members, a pretty paltry showing. If you're into Facebook, I hope you'll stop by and connect up with us. You can just click to join the TalkLeft group. I'm not sure how I add you as a friend.

Some questions for Facebook pros below:

Why have both a page for the blog and a group page?

What's the purpose of the wall? What kinds of stuff do you write there? How is it different than the discussion forum?

What applications do you recommend adding?

Why use Facebook over My Space?

Is it just me or does the Group page have a lot fewer feature and layout options than the individual page?

And, if you're hooked on MySpace, TalkLeft's page is here. TalkLeft's You Tube page is here.

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That answers all my questions. (none / 0) (#2)
by oculus on Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 06:00:57 PM EST

P.S. The California State Bar Assoc. is pushing for a similar deal next year for all members.

We understand why a blog would want the exposure (none / 0) (#3)
by kindness on Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 06:06:19 PM EST

that comes with an enterprise like MySpace or Facebook. I myself am not part of that community. My guess is that most your readers seem more inclined to join in a Second Life version than a MySpace one.

That wouldn't help me though. I don't have the time for the SL life either. I'll just have to get my kicks reading the real McCoy.

I don't think its for exposure (none / 0) (#4)
by Jeralyn on Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 06:08:14 PM EST

I think everyone is doing it to help build the progressive movement.

I hadn't meant to insinuate anyone here was (none / 0) (#5)
by kindness on Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 09:30:17 PM EST

being overly commercial. By your emphasis, you should do it. I shy away from it because it seems kinda plastic, that's all.

I'm not a prime demographic.


: MySpace & Facebook I mean. (none / 0) (#6)
by kindness on Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 09:31:10 PM EST

stricly commercial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (none / 0) (#7)
by cpinva on Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 10:18:42 PM EST

just kidding! mom always said, "you're known by the company you keep." you sure you want to be known by me as a friend? think hard before you respond! lol

myself, i've never gotten into the whole myspace/facebook/etc thing; i'm way too shallow, there's no there here.

too busy LJing (none / 0) (#8)
by chemoelectric on Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 10:47:19 PM EST

I did just set myself up at Facebook, but Iâ€TMve got to say, for interest-based social engagement I donâ€TMt see the appeal of this type of system, compared to LiveJournal. With LiveJournal I get nice e-mail notifications of interesting events, such as replies to my comments and blog entries, and with LJ's syndication system I can easily read TalkLeft and other RSS feeds through my LJ friends page.

Mind you, LJ doesnâ€TMt do the networking things, like find your classmates for you, and it could probably use a file archive facility. It does have photo gallery support, and voice posting, and it handles UTF-8 without a hiccup.

Really this is probably all just my prejudices.

: woops (none / 0) (#9)
by chemoelectric on Tue Jul 10, 2007 at 10:48:14 PM EST

UTF-8 apostrophes and TalkLeft: two great tastes that clash miserably. :)

Face Book & MySpace (none / 0) (#10)
by dutchfox on Wed Jul 11, 2007 at 06:42:05 AM EST

Relatedly, a recent article inAtlantic features an often frightening exploration of the implications of the rise of the Web 2.0 for parents of American teenagers. (Subscription required.)