So I have explored Ning. As I see it, Ning is interest oriented where Facebook is person oriented. I have joined the Savvylibrarians(which has led me to the merrylibrarian) and Book Marketing Network. In my experience, if you join a network, you leave the main page of Ning and to get back to Ning there was no shortcut, which was very annoying but maybe I will figure out an easy way to navigate back to Ning. One network I tried to join appeared to be for artists or fans of artists but to join you had list an online store, which I don't have; just a fan.
One of the off-the-wall networks is Carny town for fair workers. I bet Carnies have some of the best stories. Also, checking out all the different networks that come up when an interest is entered is time consuming. I wish there was a way to limit the results easily by level of interest or geography. And as with Facebook, many, many, many networks have been abandoned - I would think it is logical that if there have been no new members or any type of activities for six months or longer the network goes to inactive and doesn't show up .
I did get a Ning account but it is minimal. Not ready for my own network or page.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Thing 9 More Facebook
Since last we spoke, I have had a brief tutorial from a friend on facebook. So I have learned that you can remove posts that you might regret. Also I think you can hide posts by a 'friend' if you don't want see their post but also don't want to send a rejection notice to them. I still think that this can be a dangerous outlet for public venting. I wonder if some people don't give too little thought to postings.
However, on to groups. It does seem a faster way for a group with common interests to share, ask questions, and get answers. I joined a tennis group, curling group, and the TexasLA. One of the characteristics of most groups as a searched for a couple to join is that most are not active. A lot of groups hadn't had a post in months, especially the smaller ones(50 or less members). So maybe in those cases plain 'ol email might work best. There was another reading group that I had to request membership in so time will tell if I get accepted. All in all I spent at least an hour looking at groups trying to make sure I wasn't joining a dead end. With so many options, a lot of time spent 'surfing' groups. Life was simpler with fewer choices.
However, on to groups. It does seem a faster way for a group with common interests to share, ask questions, and get answers. I joined a tennis group, curling group, and the TexasLA. One of the characteristics of most groups as a searched for a couple to join is that most are not active. A lot of groups hadn't had a post in months, especially the smaller ones(50 or less members). So maybe in those cases plain 'ol email might work best. There was another reading group that I had to request membership in so time will tell if I get accepted. All in all I spent at least an hour looking at groups trying to make sure I wasn't joining a dead end. With so many options, a lot of time spent 'surfing' groups. Life was simpler with fewer choices.
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