::fibreculture:: Facebook group

[Mathieu O'Neil]

I agree with this - like mobile phones facebook seems to me symptomatic 
of the way attributes that were once considered semi-private (qualities 
like personal charm for example) are now explicitly mobilised for the 
purpose of successful professional (or ante-professional in the case of 
students) networking. so it's like an institutionalisation of how 
individuals have professional success because of their personal 
qualities (and rich social network) in addition to the quality of the 
work they produce.

m

On 09/08/2007, at 12:44 PM, Anna Poletti wrote:

>
> yes, Tom I am with you. Perhaps you could add the 'My Questions'
> application to your facebook page and and ask your friends?
> (tongue in cheek)
>
> I was somehow roped into it and have made sense of my friend network as
> a loose affiliation more akin to colleagues and (professional) 
> networks.
> It seems I get friended by people who like to keep track of me, who I
> have worked / volunteered with on different projects, and so I have
> resolved that facebook is another means of maintaining
> quasi-professional contacts.
> (And facebook seems perfect for this in the kinds of industries and
> communities where 'professional' can sometimes be a dirty word, and
> where our interactions often include both various shades of sociality.)
>
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