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This is dumb. Why can't I join more than one regional network on Facebook? Another reason why groupings (ad hoc collections of people based on shared attributes) are better than groups (defined, membership-based collections of people).
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I've increasingly found myself drifting back to LinkedIn, though there's something suffocating about it. I want to love Facebook - and it's fun - but it somehow isn't terribly useful. The network thing bugs the hell out of me, the difficulty in actually finding anyone you know without an utterly unique name (maybe it would be easier if more of my friends had names like "Stowe" :)...
Posted by: Michael Clarke | June 18, 2007 at 08:18 AM
A legacy of their being school-centered. There are lots of adults who work/live in more than one city. Facebook is conflicted nowadays, though, as it tries to be all things to all people without losing its core base of high school and college students, and a security founded on a well-defined geographical/school foundation.
The NY Times had a great article about that a week or two ago, "omg, my mom joined facebook!". It's hardly a sure thing that they'll be able to be "the" site for both adults and students!
Posted by: Gordon R. Vaughan | June 18, 2007 at 11:33 AM
I suppose it's for preventing spam. Depending on your setting, your profile might be visible to people inside your network.
Posted by: Rong Ou | June 18, 2007 at 01:02 PM
I couldn't even figure out if "hometown" meant where i was born or where I live now, let alone join a regional network. That is highly goofy--especially the sixty day thing. Is that from stopping people from taking part in umpteen local contests if there are such a thing seeping in from marketingville? I wonder what thing people will get around anyway they're trying to prevent? Curious.
Posted by: jeneane | June 18, 2007 at 06:40 PM
yes, it's a little disappointing we can't join more than one network.
Posted by: qureyoon | June 19, 2007 at 07:02 AM
Perhaps it is just me, but can you be in more than one region at the same time in real life? I realize that you can maintain something of a presence in more than one place, but you still would have one that is dominant. The entire point of Facebook is that it operates at the network level, rather than just being one large pool. I think that the majority of users prefer this method, especially those of us that have been on the site for a few years. Again, though, I could be wrong.
Posted by: Jeremy Herbel | June 19, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Jeremy -
I am spending a lot of time in several places. I have a home in Northern VA, and apartment in SF, and four clients in London. I am involved in networks in all three places. So it doesn't make sense that I can't keep up with activities in all three places.
- Stowe
Posted by: Stowe Boyd | June 20, 2007 at 06:32 AM