Comments on: Is Facebook a Waste of Time? http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/ The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More! Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: If Facebook Just Wastes Time, Can’t It Be Easily Replaced? http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-2051 If Facebook Just Wastes Time, Can’t It Be Easily Replaced? Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:11:05 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-2051 [...] just be a gigantic way to be unproductive.  Web standards luminary  Jeffrey Zeldman and even Facebook app consultant/self-proclaimed Facebook addict Nick O’Neill have  admitted to its unproductive [...] [...] just be a gigantic way to be unproductive.  Web standards luminary  Jeffrey Zeldman and even Facebook app consultant/self-proclaimed Facebook addict Nick O’Neill have  admitted to its unproductive [...]

]]> By: Scott Bradley http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-1979 Scott Bradley Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:00:01 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-1979 When I am on facebook I don't waste any time really. I look to go on there and network with other like minded indivudials. I talk about this on my blog. Just because of facebook I have met some of the most awesome people....Have gotten speakers for the entrepreneur society here at Boston College, as well as have made friendships that will last a lifetime! I don't know what I would do without web 2.0! When I am on facebook I don’t waste any time really. I look to go on there and network with other like minded indivudials. I talk about this on my blog. Just because of facebook I have met some of the most awesome people….Have gotten speakers for the entrepreneur society here at Boston College, as well as have made friendships that will last a lifetime! I don’t know what I would do without web 2.0!

]]> By: Scott Bradley http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-12986 Scott Bradley Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:00:01 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-12986 When I am on facebook I don't waste any time really. I look to go on there and network with other like minded indivudials. I talk about this on my blog. Just because of facebook I have met some of the most awesome people....Have gotten speakers for the entrepreneur society here at Boston College, as well as have made friendships that will last a lifetime! I don't know what I would do without web 2.0! When I am on facebook I don’t waste any time really. I look to go on there and network with other like minded indivudials. I talk about this on my blog. Just because of facebook I have met some of the most awesome people….Have gotten speakers for the entrepreneur society here at Boston College, as well as have made friendships that will last a lifetime! I don’t know what I would do without web 2.0!

]]> By: If Facebook Just Wastes Time, Can’t It Be Easily Replaced? « Oatmeal Stout - Justin Thorp’s Web 2.0 blog http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-1937 If Facebook Just Wastes Time, Can’t It Be Easily Replaced? « Oatmeal Stout - Justin Thorp’s Web 2.0 blog Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:16:56 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-1937 [...] just be a gigantic way to be unproductive.  Web standards luminary  Jeffrey Zeldman and even Facebook app consultant/self-proclaimed Facebook addict Nick O’Neill have  admitted to its unproductive [...] [...] just be a gigantic way to be unproductive.  Web standards luminary  Jeffrey Zeldman and even Facebook app consultant/self-proclaimed Facebook addict Nick O’Neill have  admitted to its unproductive [...]

]]> By: Andrew Welch http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-1929 Andrew Welch Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:54:11 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-1929 I have this argument with folks on a regular basis (particularly around the question: "Should Facebook be blocked in offices and classrooms?") The truth is that, yes, Facebook is a major time wasting culprit. But the fact is that, if you eliminate Facebook from the menu, Internet users prone to wasting time will simply waste it elsewhere (news reading, blogging, shopping, fantasy sports, the list goes on so name your flavor). I take a few proactive steps in managing my Facebook account that serve the dual role of reducing wasted time and presenting a clean and desirable "online identity": ~Only join FB groups that offer some professional or constructive utility, or that have a sentimental value. This keeps me away from "If 1,000,000 people join this groups" and helps me stay focused on my life, my work, and my friends. ~Avoid games and "glamor" third party apps. Facebook is distracting enough as it is. Games may be a fun diversion, but they distract from the real purpose of the site, which is to help you cultivate and nurture meaningful connections. The same goes for the "glamor" apps; why spend time decorating my profile or rating my friends when I can actually have real conversations with them about their photos, upcoming events... in a word, their lives. ~Steer serious message traffic to my email. This one is pretty simple; if you have to hop on Facebook to deal with serious productive email, you probably are going to be diverted by the latest Free Gift you've been sent. Everything said, yeah, I waste time on Facebook. But, at the very least, I try to make that "wasted time" productive in the sense that it focuses on people I care about, both personally and professionally. There is more value in that than you may realize. I have this argument with folks on a regular basis (particularly around the question: “Should Facebook be blocked in offices and classrooms?”) The truth is that, yes, Facebook is a major time wasting culprit. But the fact is that, if you eliminate Facebook from the menu, Internet users prone to wasting time will simply waste it elsewhere (news reading, blogging, shopping, fantasy sports, the list goes on so name your flavor).

I take a few proactive steps in managing my Facebook account that serve the dual role of reducing wasted time and presenting a clean and desirable “online identity”:

~Only join FB groups that offer some professional or constructive utility, or that have a sentimental value. This keeps me away from “If 1,000,000 people join this groups” and helps me stay focused on my life, my work, and my friends.

~Avoid games and “glamor” third party apps. Facebook is distracting enough as it is. Games may be a fun diversion, but they distract from the real purpose of the site, which is to help you cultivate and nurture meaningful connections. The same goes for the “glamor” apps; why spend time decorating my profile or rating my friends when I can actually have real conversations with them about their photos, upcoming events… in a word, their lives.

~Steer serious message traffic to my email. This one is pretty simple; if you have to hop on Facebook to deal with serious productive email, you probably are going to be diverted by the latest Free Gift you’ve been sent.

Everything said, yeah, I waste time on Facebook. But, at the very least, I try to make that “wasted time” productive in the sense that it focuses on people I care about, both personally and professionally. There is more value in that than you may realize.

]]> By: Andrew Welch http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-12984 Andrew Welch Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:54:11 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-12984 I have this argument with folks on a regular basis (particularly around the question: "Should Facebook be blocked in offices and classrooms?") The truth is that, yes, Facebook is a major time wasting culprit. But the fact is that, if you eliminate Facebook from the menu, Internet users prone to wasting time will simply waste it elsewhere (news reading, blogging, shopping, fantasy sports, the list goes on so name your flavor). <br><br>I take a few proactive steps in managing my Facebook account that serve the dual role of reducing wasted time and presenting a clean and desirable "online identity": <br><br>~Only join FB groups that offer some professional or constructive utility, or that have a sentimental value. This keeps me away from "If 1,000,000 people join this groups" and helps me stay focused on my life, my work, and my friends.<br><br>~Avoid games and "glamor" third party apps. Facebook is distracting enough as it is. Games may be a fun diversion, but they distract from the real purpose of the site, which is to help you cultivate and nurture meaningful connections. The same goes for the "glamor" apps; why spend time decorating my profile or rating my friends when I can actually have real conversations with them about their photos, upcoming events... in a word, their lives.<br><br>~Steer serious message traffic to my email. This one is pretty simple; if you have to hop on Facebook to deal with serious productive email, you probably are going to be diverted by the latest Free Gift you've been sent.<br><br>Everything said, yeah, I waste time on Facebook. But, at the very least, I try to make that "wasted time" productive in the sense that it focuses on people I care about, both personally and professionally. There is more value in that than you may realize. I have this argument with folks on a regular basis (particularly around the question: “Should Facebook be blocked in offices and classrooms?”) The truth is that, yes, Facebook is a major time wasting culprit. But the fact is that, if you eliminate Facebook from the menu, Internet users prone to wasting time will simply waste it elsewhere (news reading, blogging, shopping, fantasy sports, the list goes on so name your flavor).

I take a few proactive steps in managing my Facebook account that serve the dual role of reducing wasted time and presenting a clean and desirable “online identity”:

~Only join FB groups that offer some professional or constructive utility, or that have a sentimental value. This keeps me away from “If 1,000,000 people join this groups” and helps me stay focused on my life, my work, and my friends.

~Avoid games and “glamor” third party apps. Facebook is distracting enough as it is. Games may be a fun diversion, but they distract from the real purpose of the site, which is to help you cultivate and nurture meaningful connections. The same goes for the “glamor” apps; why spend time decorating my profile or rating my friends when I can actually have real conversations with them about their photos, upcoming events… in a word, their lives.

~Steer serious message traffic to my email. This one is pretty simple; if you have to hop on Facebook to deal with serious productive email, you probably are going to be diverted by the latest Free Gift you’ve been sent.

Everything said, yeah, I waste time on Facebook. But, at the very least, I try to make that “wasted time” productive in the sense that it focuses on people I care about, both personally and professionally. There is more value in that than you may realize.

]]> By: Henre http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-1926 Henre Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:34:32 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-1926 If productivity and networking is your way of fun then Facebook is the ultimate social and business tool. If you're easily sucked into the addictiveness of social interactivity, then companies are doing the right thing by at least policing the user behaviour and access. Smart companies know how to make Facebook and the likes work for them. However, purely business oriented, Linked-In is tops. If productivity and networking is your way of fun then Facebook is the ultimate social and business tool.

If you’re easily sucked into the addictiveness of social interactivity, then companies are doing the right thing by at least policing the user behaviour and access.

Smart companies know how to make Facebook and the likes work for them.

However, purely business oriented, Linked-In is tops.

]]> By: Henre http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-12982 Henre Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:34:32 +0000 http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/09/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time/#comment-12982 If productivity and networking is your way of fun then Facebook is the ultimate social and business tool.<br><br>If you're easily sucked into the addictiveness of social interactivity, then companies are doing the right thing by at least policing the user behaviour and access.<br><br>Smart companies know how to make Facebook and the likes work for them.<br><br>However, purely business oriented, Linked-In is tops. If productivity and networking is your way of fun then Facebook is the ultimate social and business tool.

If you’re easily sucked into the addictiveness of social interactivity, then companies are doing the right thing by at least policing the user behaviour and access.

Smart companies know how to make Facebook and the likes work for them.

However, purely business oriented, Linked-In is tops.

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