Comments on: Social media scepticism http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/07/04/social-media-scepticism/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Promoting innovation and a conversational local politics Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:58:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MatGB http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/07/04/social-media-scepticism/comment-page-1/#comment-223 MatGB Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:47:22 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=1384#comment-223 Pretty much agree with Scott there, and love that cartoon. Friend of mine (Cllr & PPC in a 3-way) had a party to celebrate 1000 FB friends, very few turned up--if it was 1000 friends in his ward/constituency I'd actually be impressed (Adrian, MP for Torbay, has over 1000 MySpace friends from Torbay), but loads of followers or friends that are effectively random online faces is meaningless. I do like that article, I suspect I'll link it. (BTW, like what you're doing with the Indy/LJ setup, keep meaning to actively promote the crossposter a bit more, very effective tool). Pretty much agree with Scott there, and love that cartoon. Friend of mine (Cllr & PPC in a 3-way) had a party to celebrate 1000 FB friends, very few turned up–if it was 1000 friends in his ward/constituency I’d actually be impressed (Adrian, MP for Torbay, has over 1000 MySpace friends from Torbay), but loads of followers or friends that are effectively random online faces is meaningless.

I do like that article, I suspect I’ll link it. (BTW, like what you’re doing with the Indy/LJ setup, keep meaning to actively promote the crossposter a bit more, very effective tool).

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