Eh... I don't know. I think there is actually a disadvantage to everyone being on the network. I left facebook when both my mother and my stepmother joined. I don't think I'm alone in this need to compartmentalize my personal life in ways that facebook doesn't support.
Now, my professional life, well, I'm on linkedin, and I like it quite a lot. But facebook has lost it's compartmentalization, and I think that's bad. It used to be just for college kids, which is a great niche, everyone else wants to be in the same place as the cool college kids. But if mom starts showing up at the local watering hole, I think the kids are going to find a new place to hang out.
The thing about linkedin is that yeah, I want to compartmentalize my professional life to some extent... but it's one way compartmentalization. I mean, while I don't really want all of my personal life to bleed into my professional life, I mean, my business partners and customers don't need to read about my relationship problems. Not that I'm ashamed of my personal life or anything; it's just unprofessional, and I think impolite to shove that in their faces. But the other way around is fine; I'm okay with casual friends reading up on what I do at work.
Really, the compartmentalization of my private life is very complex, and I'm not a very private person.
Just my opinion; I'm clearly not an expert at this sort of thing.
Now, my professional life, well, I'm on linkedin, and I like it quite a lot. But facebook has lost it's compartmentalization, and I think that's bad. It used to be just for college kids, which is a great niche, everyone else wants to be in the same place as the cool college kids. But if mom starts showing up at the local watering hole, I think the kids are going to find a new place to hang out.
The thing about linkedin is that yeah, I want to compartmentalize my professional life to some extent... but it's one way compartmentalization. I mean, while I don't really want all of my personal life to bleed into my professional life, I mean, my business partners and customers don't need to read about my relationship problems. Not that I'm ashamed of my personal life or anything; it's just unprofessional, and I think impolite to shove that in their faces. But the other way around is fine; I'm okay with casual friends reading up on what I do at work.
Really, the compartmentalization of my private life is very complex, and I'm not a very private person.
Just my opinion; I'm clearly not an expert at this sort of thing.