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Facebook at Work To Report For Duty Next Month (fortune.com)
The debut of the long-awaited business social network is nigh. Facebook at Work is about to report for duty. The social networking company's long-awaited foray into business applications will formally debut in London on October 10, according to tech site TechCrunch. From a report:The news site further noted this would be Facebook's first major product launch to take place outside the United States. Thus far, Facebook is seen as a fun-and-games site, not something corporate employees use to converse or track each other. But Facebook at Work, a business-minded operation, could help change that image. As has been reported, it will be a separate version of the network that can be accessed only from a company's internal IT systems, and in theory, subject to stricter corporate security and access rules. Personal accounts will be cordoned off.
I will never, ever, be a part of Facebook. They may have a "shadow profile" on me, but I will never, ever willingly become part of their machine. I dislike the notion of social media for myself. I have nothing, no Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, none of it. I spend time with actual people, in the flesh. Besides, I enjoy time with my children and wife in the flesh, not digitally. I cannot hit the rewind button with my life.
In my house, the phones and computers are put on hold until the children are asleep, then my wife and I strive to share time together. When my daughter's friends come over, all mobile phones go into a basket in my kitchen. If you're at our house, you spend time with the friends in front of you.
No social media for me. Ever.
No one will use this. Linkedin already has this niche and people are loathe to try new platforms. It will end up just like Google+
That's leaving off the horrendous privacy and UI issues facebook has gone through year after year. I'll leave my professional and personal life separate, thank you Zuck.
Ah, the delicious spectacle of Zuckerberg lecturing us about integrity. Next up: Paula Deen nags us about eating healthy.
I certainly wouldn't join it at work even.
I would not like FB in a box...
I would not like FB with a fox.......
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Slack, BitBucket and all that have the hipster startup market covered. LinkedIn is the contact management tool for regular businesses. Yammer is pretty much toast and Microsoft is folding its pieces into Skype and SharePoint. So, I'm not quite sure where Facebook expects to fit in this space.
I really don't know why most non-startup, non-tech businesses would want a platform like this. I know the BCG, Gartner, etc. studies are telling companies "You're all a bunch of stuffy old suit-wearing curmudgeons, the MILLENNIALS are coming and they want social tools! They want positive affirmation and badges! They have phones and tablets, BYOD baby! They want to work at cafeteria tables in a bright white shared workspace! CHANGE or DIE, you LUDDITES!!!!!" But I'm just not seeing that. Outside of a very small minority, younger people I'm working with have the same needs as older people - a job and a quiet place to do it in. Having to feed another social media platform just doesn't seem like a task most people want to take on regardless of age.
I never joined Facebook as it is....
I certainly wouldn't join it at work even.
I would not like FB in a box...
I would not like FB with a fox.......
I think FB is dumb as an ox!
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.