[Chapter-delegates] facebook

[veni markovski]

You are all right, however there's one big thing when talking about 
social networking: which one does one chooses.
Yes, we can choose others, but there should be an end to it. From the 
one I see, Facebook makes it more social than the others, in the 
terms of what we are discussing and going in our chapters.
The Khaled-Veni is already solved problem - that's the good thing 
about social networks, too - Khaled was there first, so we'll use 
"his" group (it's a little bit strange to call this someone's group, 
though, as that's not the essense of the networking).
Broadband access is an issue, but then, that's also one of the things 
we all are fighting for (which reminds me - I am excited about the 
new East African fiber-optic line, which will connect so many 
countries, and it is not that expensive!)
Our own network - could be, but what are the chances that people have 
heard about Facebook, Blogspot, Myspace, or Google vs ISOC? I've been 
thinking a lot about using one of our own developed in Bulgaria web 
sites, but that was pointless - by the time people get used to it (if 
ever), Facebook will be on everyone's computer ;) (or something else, 
perhaps Google backed-up).
As for the cause - Facebook makes it quite easy: you create a cause, 
you enroll people, and you can choose where the donations will go (if 
any!), in the case of cause "ISOC" - to ISOC in Reston, VA. The 
beauty of Facebook is one doesn't need coordination with HQ; just sit 
down and create it. I did, by the way, a cause "Bulgaria", and the 
money still will go to ISOC; because there's no relevant Bulgarian 
organization, and because IF (which I doubt) there's some money, I am 
sure ISOC can use it for the benefit of all Internet users, including 
the ones in Bulgaria.

In other words - let's experiment some more, and let's see what will 
work out of all these efforts.

best,
Veni

At 01:05 8/13/2007  +0000, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:
>Dear Narelle,
>
>as usual you put your finger straight into the wound, and provide a
>framework for further analysis. It adds up to Christian's well-pointed