social media12/18/09

[Peter Howie]

Facebook can look at your email address book, find who is on Facebook  
with the same email and ask if you want to invite them to be friends.  
Very easy with people you know. Of course you can ask people who  
aren't on Facebook but that is a bit more presumptive because they  
will then have to register on Facebook.

Invite me by all means.

Peter

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Peter Howie
0411 873 851
www.morenocollegium.com.au


On 19/12/2009, at 3:04 AM, "Adam Blatner" <ablatner at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hello again. Discussing this with some friends last night, one said,  
> "What if you want to publicize your books?"  That struck me, and  
> stirred me up. Yes, indeed, there's an idea: Use facebook to promote  
> knowledge about several of my products---my cartoon-mandala books,  
> my recent 2007 anthology about applied drama, my blog,  my  
> forthcoming fantasy-imagination-development book (which is a core  
> priority, but may require a year of work yet), and of course, the  
> many papers on my website, lists of  books and where they can be  
> obtained, photo directory, other website stuff. But is it ethical to  
> bug people that way?
>      Whom would I list as potential "friends"?  People I know or  
> people who just might have this interest? Should I address all  
> psychodramatists, for example? Wouldn't that be  intrusive? It seems  
> that way to me right now. Or would it just be considered standard  
> marketing strategy?
>
>    Sure, I might use the social media also to connect with old  
> friends, but, that's a low priority. I'm quite content and socially  
> connected, so that another issue is that I don't want to take the  
> time to check in and see who I have connected with---unless there  
> was more of a motivation that partook of actual marketing. (I do  
> want to get my ideas out there and looked at and considered, even  
> argued with... but is social media appropriate for this purpose?   
> Not sure yet..)     Warmly, Adam
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jen
> To: thana ag ; divinemsjen at hotmail.com ; adam blatner ; list at grouptalkweb.org
> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:24 AM
> Subject: Re: social media &    sociometry (and FACEBOOK)
>
> I think that some people could overdo facebook, and that could get  
> in the way of more creative satisfying pursuits.  But isn't that  
> true of    many pleasures -- television, alcohol, ice cream, sex.   
> Maybe excess is the problem, not the facebook (or Desperate  
> Housewives or Haagen Daas) itself.
>
> There's the issue of people overtrusting people they don't know with  
> facebook and the like, as in teens who hook up with untrustworthy  
> people via internet.  But that's another question altogether.
>
> The fact that some people misuse an activity does not mean the  
> activity is completely bad.
>
>                     Jennifer Whitlock
>                   Licensed Professional Counselor (and psychodrama  
> student at HVPI)
>                                          Budd Lake and Newton
>                                            973-222-3750
>                             www.JenWhitlock.com
> From: thana ag <anathga at hotmail.com>
> To: divinemsjen at hotmail.com; anathga at hotmail.com; adam blatner <adam at blatner.com 
> >; "list at grouptalkweb.org" <list at grouptalkweb.org>
> Sent: Thu, December 17, 2009 8:52:19 PM
> Subject: FW: social media & sociometry
>
>
>  How true ,Jen,  all relationships start from  periphery to  
> center..from supperficial , tentative to close and intimate.
>
> I was thinking of the time factor: the only thing we have    in  
> limited supply and  therefore  need to  budget it,    preferably not  
> carelessly ...   so with more choices available -more need for  
> discernment....
> However the discussion makes me question my reluctance to actively  
> engage with facebook,and the like.
>
>
>
> From: anathga at hotmail.com
> To: divinemsjen at hotmail.com; adam at blatner.com; list at grouptalkweb.org
> Subject: RE: social media & sociometry
> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:49:12 +0000
>
>
> How true ,Jen,  all relationships start from  periphery to  
> center..from supperficial , tentative to close and intimate.
>
> I was thinking of the time factor: the only thing we have in limited  
> supply and  therefore  need to  budget it,    preferably not  
> carelessly ...   so with more choices available -more need for  
> discernment....
> However the discussion makes me question my reluctance to actively  
> engage with facebook,and the like.
>
> anath garber
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> List at grouptalkweb.org
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