February 25th, 2008
Robert Scoble ruminates about the limitations of Facebook, prompted by figures suggesting usage is falling, and also the experience of himself and others.
I’ve recently signed up to Facebook. I did so because my mother posted some photo’s there. Fair enough, I’m just proud that she is able to use a computer at all. Apart from my Mum’s lovely photo’s, I was predictably underwhelmed. Just not my cup of tea I suppose, but I would have probably been willing to persevere a little, until I started getting spam messages and email sent because someone wanted to ‘invite’ me to a game or questionnaire or some other distraction.
I ‘m just not interested in these things. Sure, I can see the benefits in the Social Networking aspect, but it needs more useful ways to use it, not more things that waste my time.
[Bonus Link] Eight Ways to Improve Your Online Networking.
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