Facebook

Joined Facebook recently and have been playing around with it. I'm mucked about with several different social networks (Friendster, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.) and never really "got it", but I think that Facebook is doing it right.

What I see it being useful/fun for me is that it's a really easy place for me to post little info about what I'm up to, etc., pix, and other "get to know me stuff" for my friends - in one place. Right now, I have a blog, a picture website, etc. This is great and is more detailed than what I'm putting on Facebook, but that's a single location for quick notes and pix.

I also like the concept of the networks. Since Facebook originally started for college kids (opened up to the public in the last year or so), the focus was on your school - you could see what groups, events, items for sale, etc were associated with your school as that was your primary focus. Since I work for unnamed large global enterprise, I am in that network. It allows me to see what those folks are interested in, up to, planning, etc. I am also in the Seattle, WA network so that I can see events happening locally, etc.

Probably not the most interesting for married folks with kids, etc. (but they're too busy anyways), but I'm finding it an interesting place to look for things to do (there's a photography trip to look for Orcas this weekend), meet some new interesting people that like weird stuff like me and keep up with folks.

Technically, I think that what makes Facebook stand out from stuff like MySpace is that it's open - people can write their own add-in apps for it that you can then plug into your page. It's brilliant because it invites developers to get involved, which means that you get all sorts of creative and odd ideas flowing through your platform.

Also, apparently, all the kids are flocking to Facebook from MySpace. MySpace is totally old school now.

Edited to comment - isn't it amazing how many "etc"s I can put into one blog post? I'm one talented gal, aren't I?