I've decided to join Facebook, mostly for networking/promotional purposes for my dance stuff, since Facebook seems to be where the energy and opportunities for connection are lately, and I'm trying to be part of the 21st century. I spent a few hours this afternoon energetically tracking down lots of people and sending out friend requests. So far it's just people I know in real life, though I've taken a few friend requests from people I've only met online and will continue to do so to build my network. I hadn't realized how many people I know through my various social circles, which usually don't have much overlap!
Once I figure out how it works and spend some time thinking about how much of my life I want on Facebook, I'll be doing some cross-connecting with my various blogs, websites, etc. In the meantime, if anyone who reads Rixo is on Facebook, wants to connect with me there, and wasn't among the people I found yesterday, please feel free to send me a friend request.
Done.
Posted by: Serge | January 11, 2010 at 04:59 PM
I noticed the Borg jokes when you joined FaceBook.
Posted by: Serge | January 11, 2010 at 05:05 PM
Remember to check their privacy rules. They recently changed them to make your facebook more public.
Posted by: Marilee J. Layman | January 11, 2010 at 07:02 PM
But you can uncheck a few boxes to make it more private again. I can't recall exactly what needs un-checking, but a quick Google search should provide the answers.
Posted by: AJ | January 11, 2010 at 08:25 PM
You already have more friends than me :(
Despite that I have sent in a request.
Posted by: Neil W | January 12, 2010 at 12:28 PM
Neil W... But it's the quality that counts, not the quantity.
Posted by: Serge | January 12, 2010 at 01:17 PM
Neil,
Well, I'm intending to use this in large part for professional promotion, so I am highly motivated to work at having a large network. I spent hours looking for people and aggressively befriending everyone I knew. I've also always been a social hub and instigator, which is odd considering how introverted and antisocial I am. Putting all those connections together in one place is pretty amazing for me.
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | January 12, 2010 at 01:42 PM
Susan... I've also always been a social hub and instigator, which is odd considering how introverted and antisocial I am.
I'm not sure what that says about you, but I think it's something Very Good.
Posted by: Serge | January 12, 2010 at 05:52 PM
Serge,
What, that when I get crazy ideas I make other people follow me and do them too?
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | January 12, 2010 at 07:34 PM
Susan... Exactly. I should know, I was involved in one of those crazy ideas during 2008's worldcon. :-)
Posted by: Serge | January 12, 2010 at 08:20 PM
Which reminds me... I still have the banner supports, should they be needed again.
Posted by: Serge | January 12, 2010 at 08:24 PM
But it's the quality that counts, not the quantity
Damn it!
I'm intending to use this in large part for professional promotion
I got that impression. I try to keep mine completely separate from my "professional" life, so only friend people who
already know how weird I ammight be interested in my silly witterings.Posted by: Neil W | January 13, 2010 at 01:22 PM
Size doesn't matter? :)
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | January 13, 2010 at 01:37 PM
Susan... Are you trying to lure us into making naughty jokes? Begone, Temptress!
Posted by: Serge | January 13, 2010 at 01:49 PM
Update: ten days later, I have accumulated 412 friends, with all but about 20 of them being people I actually know in RL. Scary!
Secondarily scary: regular contact with my ex-gf. It's not bad; we're not on bad terms or anything. We just have had little to no contact for the last ten years, so it's a little strange to suddenly hear from her multiple times in a week.
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | January 21, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Susan... Is that the person who caused you to long be leery of using your full name in the blogosphere?
Posted by: Serge | January 21, 2010 at 01:11 PM
No; I said we weren't on bad terms. I'd been avoiding using my full name (not "real name"; Susan is quite real: my legal first name, the one on my birth certificate) on the internet -- not the blogosphere specifically; this goes back to Relay, Bitnet, and Usenet -- for more than two decades, which well predates not merely that entire relationship but the very existence of blogs. That decision predated the web, in fact. It even predated Windows.
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | January 21, 2010 at 02:13 PM
Thanks for the correction, Susan. I was using 'blogosphere' to retroactively include even its sort-of ancestors such as GeNIE, but not everybody does.
It even predated Windows
Was AJ even born, back then?
("Making fun of me again, Serge?")
Moi, AJ? Never!
Posted by: Serge | January 21, 2010 at 02:34 PM