Facebook's Alleged "Generational Challenge"

I was recently re-reading Seth Godin’s Blog post concerning “Facebook’s Generational Challenge” thanks to David Swanner’s South Carolina Trial Law Blog re-posting. Seth, a self-proclaimed non-Facebook user, confesses his setup of a Facebook account only as a way of “checking it out”. He has added very few friends and those he has added haven’t responded to pings or messages he has sent them. It sounds to me like Seth’s friends are, surprise, using Facebook in a similar manner to his usage, just to check it out.

What is a shame is that David Swanner’s perception of Facebook is that you should probably have a Facebook account, but an older attorney won’t get the same out of it as a younger “tuned in” attorney. This seems ironic given David’s adoption and conquering of another “younger generation” technology, blogs. David has a wonderful blog at South Carolina Trial Law Blog and doesn’t seem to have any problem assimilating this into his legal practice/services. I’ve met David and can say he is most definitely not an out of the loop attorney and cannot fathom why he is unable to “Get” Facebook.

I use Facebook as part of my practice and am a member of numerous legal groups which allow me to network and communicate with other attorneys practicing in similar fields. Additionally, Facebook allows me to re-establish connections to friends and classmates, all of which assist in continuing the client-networking required of any solo legal practice. I hope that David gives Facebook another look, it most certainly deserves it.

http://camdenlawoffice.com Kevin Camden

Finis, I am curious to get your thoughts on LinkedIn, in light of your Facebook comments?
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I see LinkedIn as yet another method of social networking available to attorneys. Except it is even more helpful to attorneys given the ability to find those 'degrees of separation' between someone you know and someone you would like to know and then have the ability to bridge that gap.

I know some attorneys say that with Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn there's a flood of information, but would those same attorneys dare say someone looking to network should “only attend a few gatherings” or seek to join one or two groups at a time? Of course not.

I think it's just a matter of prioritization and making sure that when you're part of something like LinkedIn and/or Facebook you're active with it. The funny thing is that many attorneys say they don't have time to keep checking these sites for messages and whatnot, but then I show them they can get automatic notifications when someone messages them and they suddenly realize it doesn't take up THAT much time to be a part of these important social networks.
http://camdenlawoffice.com Kevin Camden

Finis, I am curious to get your thoughts on LinkedIn, in light of your Facebook comments?
http://technoesqpresentations.com finis33

I see LinkedIn as yet another method of social networking available to attorneys. Except it is even more helpful to attorneys given the ability to find those 'degrees of separation' between someone you know and someone you would like to know and then have the ability to bridge that gap.

I know some attorneys say that with Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn there's a flood of information, but would those same attorneys dare say someone looking to network should “only attend a few gatherings” or seek to join one or two groups at a time? Of course not.

I think it's just a matter of prioritization and making sure that when you're part of something like LinkedIn and/or Facebook you're active with it. The funny thing is that many attorneys say they don't have time to keep checking these sites for messages and whatnot, but then I show them they can get automatic notifications when someone messages them and they suddenly realize it doesn't take up THAT much time to be a part of these important social networks.
http://camdenlawoffice.com Kevin Camden

Finis, I am curious to get your thoughts on LinkedIn, in light of your Facebook comments?
http://technoesqpresentations.com finis33

I see LinkedIn as yet another method of social networking available to attorneys. Except it is even more helpful to attorneys given the ability to find those 'degrees of separation' between someone you know and someone you would like to know and then have the ability to bridge that gap.

I know some attorneys say that with Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn there's a flood of information, but would those same attorneys dare say someone looking to network should “only attend a few gatherings” or seek to join one or two groups at a time? Of course not.

I think it's just a matter of prioritization and making sure that when you're part of something like LinkedIn and/or Facebook you're active with it. The funny thing is that many attorneys say they don't have time to keep checking these sites for messages and whatnot, but then I show them they can get automatic notifications when someone messages them and they suddenly realize it doesn't take up THAT much time to be a part of these important social networks.