Good point. Very good point. Both points are good. Took me a long time to get on Facebook and even longer to go on Twitter. With FB the (alleged) privacy and control is one of the best features, PROVIDED you put your faith in them. Twitter is like a flock of gnats you can swat it as it goes past but there's always more.
Nico M 2009/7/11 Matthew Wild <[email protected]> > On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Nico Morrison<[email protected]> > wrote: > > On an allied subject, is there a Facebook page or group representing BBC > > Backstage? It's a good way to disseminate information, regardless of what > > you think of FB. > > > > I don't like how much the BBC in general advertises and pushes Twitter > (a single commercial entity after all), but I really would have to > draw the line at Facebook, sorry :) > > Unlike Twitter (who provide an RSS feed), Facebook is completely > closed... if you don't have an account you don't have a peek. I would > be very disappointed in seeing any BBC data locked away inside > Facebook and only accessible to Facebook users. If the account is kept > in total sync with another more open means of communication then I > really have no issue with it at all. > > The Twitter issue is a matter for another day :) > > Matthew > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
