[Web4lib] The Facebook Platform: The Next Generation OPAC? / Library ?

[Gerry Mckiernan]

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*** The  Facebook  Platform: The Next Generation OPAC?  / Library ? ***

>From A Recent TIME Magazine Interview with Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CE0 of Facebook
[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg ]

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TIME: Why do you describe Facebook as a "social utility" rather than a "social network?" 

Zuckerberg: I think there's confusion around what the point of social networks is. A lot of different companies characterized as social networks have different goals - some serve the function of business networking, some are media portals.

 *** What we're trying to do is just make it really efficient for people to communicate, get information and share information ***. 

We always try to emphasize the utility component. 

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[ http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1644040,00.html ]

What Do You Think ???

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Thanks!

/Gerry 

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

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