[Web4lib] Library Facebook profile shut down

[Kraemer, Beth]

True, but we are certainly not the only library to spend time creating a
profile, and those others are likely to be shut down eventually, too.
There are also some advantages to having a "profile" rather than a
"group representation", so we would prefer that.  Doesn't hurt to argue
the case a bit with them!  -Beth

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Leo Robert Klein
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 5:00 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Library Facebook profile shut down

Richard Wiggins wrote:

> Without getting into the details of the terms of service, and with all
due
> respect, it seems to me that if Facebook says that the items to be
profiled
> on their service are to be human beings and only human beings, then it
> clutters their space to use it to profile other kinds of things,
whether
> butterflies, jet planes, or libraries.  And there are plenty of Web
> publishing and social networking alternatives.
> 

Besides, why not fit into how they've set up their own network?  If you 
  have to go in as an individual, I'd say the outreach value of using 
their network might be worth it.

LEO

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